About this site
About elnino2026.org
elnino2026.org helps households in California and 12 other states across the South and West understand their real storm risks and get ready for this winter’s El Niño season, without the fear-mongering. Type your address, see what the official maps actually say about your spot, and get a short, sourced list of things worth doing first.
Who this is for, and why
Most households don’t need a bunker. They need to know their flood zone, whether a burn scar sits uphill, and the handful of things worth doing this week. So we took the maps that FEMA, the National Weather Service, NIFC, USGS and, in California, CAL FIRE and the California Geological Survey already publish, and turned them into a plain-language checklist you can act on in under a minute.
This is one person’s independent project, built for neighbors, not a company with a call center. If something on the site is wrong or confusing, tell us — see Contact below.
How it works
- Type your address. We send it to the U.S. Census Bureau’s geocoder to find your coordinates and county. Your address itself is never stored — see Privacy for the details.
- We check the official maps. FEMA’s flood maps, CAL FIRE and NIFC burn perimeters, California Geological Survey landslide and tsunami maps, and live National Weather Service alerts, read straight from each agency’s own service. Burn scars are checked in all 13 states this site covers (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina); the landslide and tsunami checks cover California only. We check the official maps when you ask, and may reuse an answer for up to 24 hours, or up to 7 days for a few that change slowly, such as which water system serves the spot; weather alerts are always checked fresh.
- You get a short list. A few findings in plain language, the top free things to do first, and a shopping checklist you can filter by budget and take to any store.
Not a government site
elnino2026.org is independent. We are not FEMA, CAL FIRE, Cal OES, or any other government agency, and nothing here is official guidance. Every hazard finding links to the agency’s own map or dataset — when our summary and the official source disagree, the official source is right.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or something on the site looks wrong? Email contact@elnino2026.org.