@RebeccaTig@TxStormChasers Yes! We are nationally at a PL5, so Texas is now competing with new starts in NM which are requesting tankers. Air Attack can request a no divert to keep tankers assigned. NICC, the national interagency coordination center also prioritizes other values at risk around the country.
A guy had 35 Philips Hue smart bulbs scattered across 8 rooms.
He turned them on and off by voice. He changed them to warm white at night. That was it.
35 bulbs. $1,200 invested. Used like $8 light switches that respond to "Hey Alexa."
His friend a smart lighting designer who builds Hue installations for luxury homes and hotels came over for dinner, watched him say "Alexa, turn on the living room lights" for the 4th time that evening, and said:
"You spent $1,200 on the most advanced consumer lighting system in the world. And you're using it as a voice-activated on/off switch. Your Hue system can make your lights act as motion sensors without motion sensors. It can map the physical position of every bulb in a room and create spatially accurate scenes. It can sync with live football matches. It can simulate sunrise to wake you naturally. It can do everything a $15,000 Lutron system does. You've just never opened the Hue app past the first screen."
He set up 11 features in one afternoon.
That evening, the lights dimmed automatically at sunset. The hallway lit up when someone walked past without a motion sensor. The living room shifted to deep amber during a movie. And the bedroom simulated a sunrise at 6:45 AM.
"Same bulbs. Same bridge. Same app. Completely different house."
Here's every Hue feature most owners have never activated 🧵
Depressed and bewildered last night i was sitting on the couch when this clip made me laugh out loud. Almost woke up my kid from across the house.
(@GeorgeStoia / @SoonerScoop)
Last night, my sister and I were driving on I-35 when the Valley View tornado hit the gas station. We pulled into the gas station so that I could look at radar, and then we took shelter. That being said, here is a view from inside the Shell gas station! (Will upload to YT)