About HazardNow
HazardNow is an informational dashboard that helps people scan public hazard and infrastructure signals quickly, without replacing official emergency instructions.
Why HazardNow exists
HazardNow exists because important public risk signals are often scattered across many sites, maps, and feeds. The goal is to reduce that friction by putting weather, hazards, infrastructure, biological/public-health surveillance, and stability context into one fast view that supports earlier awareness.
Who it is for
HazardNow is for people who need practical visibility into changing conditions: households, travelers, remote workers, small teams, and preparedness-minded users who want a clear first scan before digging into agency-specific detail.
What HazardNow is not
HazardNow is not an official emergency alert authority, incident command system, or disaster prediction service. It is informational only and does not replace emergency instructions from local authorities, National Weather Service offices, utilities, transportation agencies, public health departments, or public safety officials.
How HazardNow thinks about data
The dashboard uses publicly available signals from multiple domains and normalizes them into concise status labels, including CDC wastewater, respiratory illness, and hospital reporting datasets for biological/public-health surveillance. Signals can vary in timing and coverage, so HazardNow emphasizes clarity about trend direction and practical context rather than pretending to offer perfect precision; public-health surveillance is not medical advice.
Built for fast scanning
HazardNow is designed so users can assess conditions in seconds, then decide where to investigate further. The focus is speed, readability, and cross-signal awareness without cluttering the core dashboard flow.