Using Homer Pulse means you've read these terms and they apply to you. They're meant to be readable; if anything's unclear, email charlie.benson@gmail.com and we'll explain.
What this is
Homer Pulse is a community-maintained directory and events calendar for Homer, Alaska. It's free for visitors to use. We do our best to keep the information accurate, but businesses change hours, events get cancelled, and the world moves faster than we can update a website. Always confirm directly with a business or organizer before showing up. See the "No warranty" section below.
Acceptable use
Don't use Homer Pulse to:
- Scrape the directory at volume for commercial repurposing
- Submit false reports about a business you don't like
- Post events that don't exist, or use the events calendar for spam, advertising, or political messaging unrelated to a real community event
- Try to compromise the site, its admin tools, or other users' accounts
We may remove submissions and block accounts that abuse the service. We try to be fair about this — if you think we got it wrong, email and we'll talk.
Things you submit
When you submit a business listing, event, correction, or feedback, you're giving Homer Pulse permission to publish it on the site (after admin review). You confirm you have the right to share the information — don't submit confidential business details or someone else's copyrighted text.
We may edit submissions for clarity, format, and accuracy before they appear. We may decline to publish a submission for any reason. Approved submissions become part of the site's directory; if you later want them removed, see the Privacy page for how to request that.
Account terms
If we add user accounts (currently only admins have accounts; regular-user accounts are a future feature), you'll be responsible for keeping your password reasonable and not sharing your login. We won't ask for your password — if anyone claiming to be from Homer Pulse asks for it, they're not us.
No warranty
Homer Pulse is provided as-is. We make no guarantees that the information is accurate, current, complete, or fit for any particular purpose. Don't use Homer Pulse for safety-critical decisions — tide predictions, weather alerts, and business status can be wrong or out of date. Confirm directly with the relevant source.
Specifically: the National Weather Service alerts shown on the site are pulled from NWS's public API and are best-effort. They may be delayed, missing, or stale. For any actual safety situation, check weather.gov, local radio, or other primary sources.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent allowed by law, Homer Pulse and its operators aren't liable for damages arising from your use of the site, including losses from acting on information you found here. Reasonable people will understand that a free community website isn't the same as professional advice — please act accordingly.
Changes
If we change these terms, we update this page and the date at the top. Continued use after a change means you accept the new terms. Material changes get a note on the homepage for a week.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Alaska, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. If there's a dispute that we can't resolve directly, it goes to the state or federal courts located in Alaska.
Contact
Questions about these terms? Email charlie.benson@gmail.com.