From 6fcaacaa778107ace820a54f4339f2a4bdb2fb3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Harding <noreply@harding.dev>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 12:16:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: dangerous alerts are always first

---
 src/helpers/weather.ts | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/helpers/weather.ts b/src/helpers/weather.ts
index 658c441..b7763d5 100644
--- a/src/helpers/weather.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/weather.ts
@@ -39,29 +39,39 @@ export function sortAlerts(
   allAlerts: Alert[],
   gAirmetRead: OnOff,
 ): Alert[] {
+  const DANGEROUS_OFFSET = 0;
+  const NON_DANGEROUS_OFFSET = 1e15;
+  const GAIRMET_READ_OFFSET = 2e15;
+
   return sortBy(alerts, (alert) => {
+    const dangerousPrefix = isAlertDangerous(alert)
+      ? DANGEROUS_OFFSET
+      : NON_DANGEROUS_OFFSET;
+
     // If the setting for always marking G-Airmets as read is on,
-    // push all G-Airmets to the bottom of the list of alerts so
-    // the user doesn't have to scroll to get to the stuff they care about more
+    // push all G-Airmets to the bottom of the list of alerts
     if (gAirmetRead === OnOff.On && isGAirmetAlert(alert))
       return (
         -new Date(
           extractIssuedTimestamp(alert, findRelatedAlerts(alert, allAlerts)),
-        ).getTime() +
-        1000 * 60 * 60 * 60
+        ).getTime() + GAIRMET_READ_OFFSET
       );
 
     if (isWeatherAlert(alert))
-      return -new Date(alert.properties.onset).getTime();
+      return -new Date(alert.properties.onset).getTime() + dangerousPrefix;
 
     if (isTFRAlert(alert))
-      return -new Date(
-        alert.properties.coreNOTAMData.notam.effectiveStart,
-      ).getTime();
+      return (
+        -new Date(
+          alert.properties.coreNOTAMData.notam.effectiveStart,
+        ).getTime() + dangerousPrefix
+      );
 
-    return -new Date(
-      extractIssuedTimestamp(alert, findRelatedAlerts(alert, allAlerts)),
-    ).getTime();
+    return (
+      -new Date(
+        extractIssuedTimestamp(alert, findRelatedAlerts(alert, allAlerts)),
+      ).getTime() + dangerousPrefix
+    );
   });
 }