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Crip Hacking Smart911 by Nour Ghobrial
Conversations with disabled community members about disasters have made something clear: we need an extreme weather notification system designed with access in mind from the very beginning. NotifyChicago is a public system that issues text and email alerts for severe weather and other emergencies. It runs through Smart911, a private service that allows users to…
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Struggling in the Dark by Grace Tsao
Two winters ago, a series of events forever changed my perception and approach to weather-related emergencies. It was a cold January evening, and my spouse Armando and I had just finished dinner, when out of the blue, I was overcome by a strange sensation that I never felt before. My forehead began tingling and I…