@mwguy That's neat... I think the best crowdsourced network is PurpleAir, which is their own sensors (don't think you can feed that with other sensors, unfortunately).
@ai6yr Is purple air where you source the air quality data from? I was considering getting an at home monitor.
@mwguy Purpleair is useful from a community standpoint, there are plenty of home monitors available for less than $50. (AQI monitors for this... CO2 is useful for other reasons, but not wildfires).
@ai6yr Phew, can you imagine the riots if Dodger Stadium burned down?
@mwguy That's a highly frequent place for wildfires... Many times a week in summer. I suspect there's an encampment around there and people who are trying to cook, and things get away from them easily.
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In response to this post@ai6yr Looks like I need to upgrade my homemade air filter game.
@mwguy I'm going to build one with PC fans, just ordered the parts. The box fan ones are very effective, but they are loud.
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In response to this post@ai6yr In the past I had built a personal air quality monitor with a raspberry pi and this hat (https://shop.sb-components.co.uk/collections/hats-for-raspberry-pi/products/air-monitoring-hat-for-raspberry-pi) but eventually the hat shorted out. Given the fires I was considering getting a new monitor of some sort but If the data I collect was helping an app like yours I'd feel doubly good about it.
@mwguy That's neat... I think the best crowdsourced network is PurpleAir, which is their own sensors (don't think you can feed that with other sensors, unfortunately).
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In response to this post@ai6yr Is purple air where you source the air quality data from? I was considering getting an at home monitor.
@mwguy Purpleair is useful from a community standpoint, there are plenty of home monitors available for less than $50. (AQI monitors for this... CO2 is useful for other reasons, but not wildfires).
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In response to this post@mattblaze @ai6yr You know that was my first instinct too. But that dawg really went full out. I did Nazi that coming.
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In response to this post@ai6yr Phew, can you imagine the riots if Dodger Stadium burned down?
@mwguy That's a highly frequent place for wildfires... Many times a week in summer. I suspect there's an encampment around there and people who are trying to cook, and things get away from them easily.
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@stux I'd ask you to consider reconsidering in a few months. This might be a rash decision.
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