Redcross Hurricane Apps & Other Information about Who to Contact, Websites to Visit & Twitter Accounts for Hurricane Information

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  1. ★★★ UPDATES: CORPUS CHRISTI RESIDENTS: BOIL YOUR WATER BEFORE DRINKING IT ★★★
  2. http://news.cctexas.com/news/releases-20170826-6631391
  4. This is a list of helpful apps, Twitter accounts, emergency websites and etc for #HurricaneHarvey - If you know of anything I missed, please leave a comment below in the Disqus comment section at the bottom or tweet me @pogue25 and I will add it here. Thanks and please pass this along and RT!
  6. Let your family know you are safe with either the Google People Finder System: https://google.org/personfinder/global/home.html
  7. Or the Facebook Safety Check System: https://www.facebook.com/about/safetycheck/
  9. OR BOTH! All the Red Cross Apps listed below also have the capability to notify your family if you are safe.
  11. * Redcross Hurricane App for iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hurricane-by-american-red-cross/id545689128?mt=8
  12. * Redcross Hurricane App for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.hfa&hl=en
  14. Important Weather Apps with the Best Information
  15. ------------------------------------------------
  16. * MyRadar NOAA Weather Radar, Forecasts & Storms for iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myradar-noaa-weather-radar-forecasts-storms/id322439990?mt=8
  17. * MyRadar Weather Radar for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acmeaom.android.myradar&hl=en
  18. * MyRadar for Windows 10: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/myradar/9wzdncrfhzn6
  19. --- Shows realtime radar information of the stormtrack moving across the state ---
  21. * Weather Underground: Custom Forecast & Local Radar https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather-underground-custom-forecast-local-radar/id486154808?mt=8
  22. * Weather Underground: Forecasts https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wunderground.android.weather&hl=en
  23. --- This is my go to weather app, it has frequent updates, lots of options, a radar, times, dates and hours of weather and it's generally very accurate ---
  25. The Red Cross also has an Emergency app for ALL major emergencies, including:
  26. - Hurricane Warnings
  27. - Hurricane Watch
  28. - Tropical Storm Warning
  29. - Tropical Storm Watch
  30. - High Wind Warning
  31. - High Wind Watch
  32. - Earthquake Warning
  33. - Flash Flood Warning
  34. - Flash Flood Watch
  35. - Coastal Flood Warning
  36. - Coastal Flood Watch
  37. - Flood Warning
  38. - Flood Watch
  39. - Coastal Flood Advisory
  40. - Flood Advisory
  41. - Tornado Warning
  42. - Tornado Watch
  43. - Blizzard Warning
  44. - Blizzard Watch
  45. - Lake Effect Snow Warning
  46. - Lake Effect Snow Watch
  47. - Winter Storm Warning
  48. - Winter Storm Watch
  49. - Winter Weather Advisory
  50. - Snow Advisory
  51. - Tsunami Warning
  52. - Tsunami Watch
  53. - Tsunami Advisory
  54. - Fire Weather Watch
  55. - Red Flag Warning
  56. - Dense Smoke Advisory
  57. - Severe Thunderstorm Warning
  58. - Severe Thunderstorm Watch
  59. - Excessive Heat Warning
  60. - Excessive Heat Watch
  61. - Heat Advsory
  62. - Ashfall Warning
  63. - Volcano Warning
  64. - Ashfall Warning
  65. - Air Quality Alert
  66. - Hazardous Materials warning
  67. - Evacuation Immediate
  68. - Shelter In Place Warning
  69. - Wind Advisory
  70. - Red Cross Notifications
  72. So with this app, you are basically covered for EVERY POSSIBLE EMERGENCY, except maybe UFOs! :)
  74. You can also set locations for family members to see what the weather & emergency conditions are in there zip code/city/area.
  76. Redcross Emergency iOS/iPhone App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/emergency-alerts-notifications/id954783878?mt=8
  78. Redcross Emergency Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.hzd&hl=en
  80. Redcross has many more apps, one more I will mention is their First Aid app. This will help you administer first aid to people who need medical attention, but you don't know how to perform it. It will walk you through step by step how to perform First Aid.
  82. Redcross First Aid iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first-aid-by-american-red-cross/id529160691?mt=8
  84. Redcross First Aid Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.fa&hl=en
  87. If you are on Twitter, Twitter has certain specific accounts you can follow that will send you push notifications about alerts. Here is a list of them:
  89. * American Red Cross: https://twitter.com/redcross/alerts
  90. * Centers for Disease Control: https://twitter.com/CDCemergency/alerts
  91. * Federal Amergency Management Agency: https://twitter.com/fema/alerts
  92. * US Geological Survey: https://twitter.com/usgs/alerts
  93. * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: https://twitter.com/noaa/alerts
  95. Other accounts to follow:
  96. * National Weather Service Hurricane Center: https://twitter.com/NWSNHC
  97. * National Weather Service: https://twitter.com/NWS
  98. * BuzzFeedStorm: https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedStorm
  99. * The Weather Channel Breaking Weather Alerts: https://twitter.com/TWCBreaking
  100. * Accuweather Breaking Weather: https://twitter.com/breakingweather
  102. Texas Specific Emergency Accounts:
  103. * Texas Division of Emergency Management - https://twitter.com/TDEM
  104. * Texas Weather Alerts: https://twitter.com/TexasStormAlert
  105. * FEMA Region 6 Serving TX: https://twitter.com/FEMARegion6
  106. * Texas Department of Transportation: https://twitter.com/TxDOT
  107. * Texas Department of Public Safety: https://twitter.com/TxDPS
  108. * National Weather Service Corpus Christi: https://twitter.com/NWSCorpus
  109. * Texas Tribune: https://twitter.com/TexasTribune
  110. * Corpus Christi Office of Emergency Management: @ReadyCC
  111. * City of Corpus Christi: https://twitter.com/cityofcc
  113. Misc/Other:
  114. * Texas Emergency Preparedness Hurricane Harvey Center: https://emergency.portal.texas.gov/
  115. * Central & South Texas Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/local/texas/central-and-south-texas
  116. * Live feed of CBSN Corpus Christi Hurricane Harvey News online: https://youtu.be/BTXQVOtroIQ - (May go on and off frequently due to weather & electrical conditions)
  117. * Oncor Texas Electricity: http://www.oncor.com/EN/Pages/default.aspx - Sign up for power alerts to know if your power goes out, when it is estimated that it will be fixed. You can sign up via voice, SMS or email: http://www.oncor.com/EN/Pages/My-Oncor-Alerts.aspx
  118. * Oncor Outage Map: http://stormcenter.oncor.com/external/default.html
  119. * Oncor Report an Outage (you need your power bill of the last 7 digits of the ESID which is on the first page of your power bill OR YOUR TEN DIGIT PHONE NUMBER): https://oncor.ifactornotifi.com/ui/m/outage-reporting If you need to download a Flashlight app:
  121. * Tiny Flashlight Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight&hl=en
  122. * Tiny Flashlight iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashlight-tiny-flashlight/id377459147?mt=8
  124. * Call Oncor: http://www.oncor.com/en/pages/i-need-to.aspx (Looks like they are closed at night - great idea, Oncor. But try this number if all else fails - 888-313-6862 - found here: https://gethuman.com/phone-number/Oncor )
  126. *** IF YOU KNOW ANY MORE SITES, TWITTER ACCOUNTS, EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS, OR OTHER HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR HURRICANE EVACUEES OR SURVIVORS PLEASE POST THEM IN THE DISQUS COMMENTS SECTION BELOW OR TWEET THEM TO ME @pogue25 ON TWITTER - THANKS FOR YOUR HELP - PLEASE PASS THIS URL ALONG TO OTHERS & RT ***
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