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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!
Let your family know you are safe with either the Google People Finder System: https://google.org/personfinder/global/home.html
Or the Facebook Safety Check System: https://www.facebook.com/about/safetycheck/
OR BOTH! All the Red Cross Apps listed below also have the capability to notify your family if you are safe.
* Redcross Hurricane App for iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hurricane-by-american-red-cross/id545689128?mt=8
* Redcross Hurricane App for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.hfa&hl=en
Important Weather Apps with the Best Information
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* MyRadar NOAA Weather Radar, Forecasts & Storms for iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myradar-noaa-weather-radar-forecasts-storms/id322439990?mt=8
* MyRadar Weather Radar for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acmeaom.android.myradar&hl=en
* MyRadar for Windows 10: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/myradar/9wzdncrfhzn6
--- Shows realtime radar information of the stormtrack moving across the state ---
* Weather Underground: Custom Forecast & Local Radar https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather-underground-custom-forecast-local-radar/id486154808?mt=8
* Weather Underground: Forecasts https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wunderground.android.weather&hl=en
--- 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 ---
The Red Cross also has an Emergency app for ALL major emergencies, including:
- Hurricane Warnings
- Hurricane Watch
- Tropical Storm Warning
- Tropical Storm Watch
- High Wind Warning
- High Wind Watch
- Earthquake Warning
- Flash Flood Warning
- Flash Flood Watch
- Coastal Flood Warning
- Coastal Flood Watch
- Flood Warning
- Flood Watch
- Coastal Flood Advisory
- Flood Advisory
- Tornado Warning
- Tornado Watch
- Blizzard Warning
- Blizzard Watch
- Lake Effect Snow Warning
- Lake Effect Snow Watch
- Winter Storm Warning
- Winter Storm Watch
- Winter Weather Advisory
- Snow Advisory
- Tsunami Warning
- Tsunami Watch
- Tsunami Advisory
- Fire Weather Watch
- Red Flag Warning
- Dense Smoke Advisory
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch
- Excessive Heat Warning
- Excessive Heat Watch
- Heat Advsory
- Ashfall Warning
- Volcano Warning
- Ashfall Warning
- Air Quality Alert
- Hazardous Materials warning
- Evacuation Immediate
- Shelter In Place Warning
- Wind Advisory
- Red Cross Notifications
So with this app, you are basically covered for EVERY POSSIBLE EMERGENCY, except maybe UFOs! :)
You can also set locations for family members to see what the weather & emergency conditions are in there zip code/city/area.
Redcross Emergency iOS/iPhone App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/emergency-alerts-notifications/id954783878?mt=8
Redcross Emergency Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.hzd&hl=en
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.
Redcross First Aid iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first-aid-by-american-red-cross/id529160691?mt=8
Redcross First Aid Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.fa&hl=en
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:
* American Red Cross: https://twitter.com/redcross/alerts
* Centers for Disease Control: https://twitter.com/CDCemergency/alerts
* Federal Amergency Management Agency: https://twitter.com/fema/alerts
* US Geological Survey: https://twitter.com/usgs/alerts
* National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: https://twitter.com/noaa/alerts
Other accounts to follow:
* National Weather Service Hurricane Center: https://twitter.com/NWSNHC
* National Weather Service: https://twitter.com/NWS
* BuzzFeedStorm: https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedStorm
* The Weather Channel Breaking Weather Alerts: https://twitter.com/TWCBreaking
* Accuweather Breaking Weather: https://twitter.com/breakingweather
* National Hurricane Center Atlantic Operations Center: https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic
Texas Specific Emergency Accounts:
* Texas Division of Emergency Management - https://twitter.com/TDEM
* Texas Weather Alerts: https://twitter.com/TexasStormAlert
* FEMA Region 6 Serving TX: https://twitter.com/FEMARegion6
* Texas Department of Transportation: https://twitter.com/TxDOT
* Texas Department of Public Safety: https://twitter.com/TxDPS
* National Weather Service Corpus Christi: https://twitter.com/NWSCorpus
* Texas Tribune: https://twitter.com/TexasTribune
* Corpus Christi Office of Emergency Management: @ReadyCC
* City of Corpus Christi: https://twitter.com/cityofcc
* Information about the US Weather Services tweet out on Twitter and how it should be best utilized: http://www.weather.gov/twitter
Misc/Other:
* Texas Emergency Preparedness Hurricane Harvey Center: https://emergency.portal.texas.gov/
* Central & South Texas Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/local/texas/central-and-south-texas
* 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)
* 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
* Oncor Outage Map: http://stormcenter.oncor.com/external/default.html
* 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:
* Tiny Flashlight Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight&hl=en
* Tiny Flashlight iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashlight-tiny-flashlight/id377459147?mt=8
* 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 )
So, don't wake up in Kansas! Know what to do when a Hurricane hits: http://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/hurricane
Or a Tornado hits: http://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/tornado
I had forgotten a lot of the stuff I was taught in grade school Texas about what to do in a tornado. In a school, it's pretty easy, because most schools in Texas were built in the 60s like a nuclear bunker, so they could withstand a hurricane, tornado or Nikita Khrushchev. But at home or elsewhere, you have to be more cautious.
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