Description
**One of the top 6 hurricane tracking apps - CNN****Readers’ Pick: Most innovative and useful hurricane app – FastCompany**
**One of 5 apps to get you through a natural disaster – Fox News**
**Top Apps of the Week (11/3/12) – ABC News**
**Top Apps of the Week (10/29/12) - MediaBistro**
**Top App of the week (9/2/12) - Appolicious**
Be ready for severe weather with Hurricane by American Red Cross. Monitor conditions in your area or throughout the storm track, prepare your family and home, find help and let others know you are safe even if the power is out – a must have for anyone who lives in an area where a hurricane may strike or has loved ones who do.
Please note: shelters only show the current open shelters. More shelters are setup as disasters happen, but until then, there may not be any shelters near you.
Features:
- Step-by-step instructions let you know what to do even if the cell towers are down and the power is out.
- Monitor weather conditions in your area or those of loved-ones with location-based alerts for the U.S. and its territories from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA).
- Let family and friends know you are okay with the customizable “I’m Safe” alert for Facebook, Twitter, email and text.
- Find open Red Cross shelters in your area when you need help.
- Stay safe when the lights are out with the Hurricane Toolkit, including a strobe light, flashlight and audible alert functions.
- Prepare for the worst by learning how to assemble an emergency kit for your family in the event of power outage or evacuation.
- Empower your family to stay safe and remain calm in an emergency by learning how to make and practice an emergency plan.
- Earn badges that you can share with your friends and show off your hurricane knowledge with interactive quizzes.
- See an illustrated history of hurricanes in your area.
- Learn the difference between a hurricane warning and watch.
- Know how to what to do about food and drinking water when your area has been impacted by floods and power outages.
Please update your app to the latest version as soon as possible! It address numerous critical issues with crashing!
Permissions:
DIRECTLY CALL PHONE NUMBERS: We need this to allow you to call emergency numbers from within the app
CAMERA: We need to be able to use the camera to allow us to use the flashlight in Tool Kit
GPS LOCATION: We need to serve you hurricane alerts based on your current location
PHONE CONTACTS: We need this for the Make a Plan view to allow you to add emergency contacts straight from your address book
GAIDOS
Sep 29, 2012 6:15:11 AM
Great app Great for any seaside community
David
Sep 27, 2012 2:17:09 PM
Great Must have app
Rich
Sep 27, 2012 12:25:26 PM
Rich s. Freezes up alot and have to force close it
markmayhew
Sep 20, 2012 10:25:30 AM
I'm in the Red Cross shelter in Laplace,La. and I've found this app to be very useful.
Kevin
Sep 18, 2012 5:58:07 PM
Great Great app lets you no of any watches or warnings in a place you specify
Rubbish
Sep 11, 2012 5:28:28 AM
Changing America!
Jane
Sep 9, 2012 2:54:26 PM
Everyone should have-
Charles
Sep 9, 2012 12:42:20 AM
Red cross hurricane Maps are useless. Can't read them at all, they are WAY too small to see. These really need to be updated to be able to enlarge to view. Otherwise, generally good information.
William
Sep 5, 2012 5:49:26 PM
Lee Goes off 2-3 times a day about flood warnings miles away from me.
Patu
Sep 5, 2012 12:35:41 PM
Brilliant app Very helpful and life saving