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

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DATE: Aug. 26, 2017, 6:45 a.m.

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  1. ★★★ UPDATES: HOUSTON RESIDENTS - HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND - FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURING - CBS NEWS ADVISING TO GO TO YOUR ROOFTOPS IF YOUR HOUSE IS FLOODING - TAKE AN AXE & BREAK THRU THE ROOF AND SHELTER ON TOP. 911 IS OVERWHELMED, BUT STAY ON THE LINE & YOU WILL BE PUT IN QUEUE. RAIN MAP AS OF 6AM
  2. https://i.imgur.com/Rqk0xKT.jpg
  3. LISTEN TO CBSN HOUSTON NEWS LIVE ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/BTXQVOtroIQ FOR HOUSTON TWITTER ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW, SCROLL TO BOTTOM AND SEE "Texas Specific Emergency Accounts" UPDATES STILL CONTINUING... COMMENTS SECTION IS OPEN AT THE BOTTOM ★★★
  6. ★★★ CORPUS CHRISTI RESIDENTS: BOIL YOUR WATER BEFORE DRINKING IT ★★★
  7. http://news.cctexas.com/news/releases-20170826-6631391
  9. 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!
  11. Let your family know you are safe with either the Google People Finder System: https://google.org/personfinder/global/home.html
  12. Or the Facebook Safety Check System: https://www.facebook.com/about/safetycheck/
  14. OR BOTH! All the Red Cross Apps listed below also have the capability to notify your family if you are safe.
  16. * Redcross Hurricane App for iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hurricane-by-american-red-cross/id545689128?mt=8
  17. * Redcross Hurricane App for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.hfa&hl=en
  19. Important Weather Apps with the Best Information
  20. ------------------------------------------------
  21. * MyRadar NOAA Weather Radar, Forecasts & Storms for iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myradar-noaa-weather-radar-forecasts-storms/id322439990?mt=8
  22. * MyRadar Weather Radar for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acmeaom.android.myradar&hl=en
  23. * MyRadar for Windows 10: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/myradar/9wzdncrfhzn6
  24. --- Shows realtime radar information of the stormtrack moving across the state ---
  26. * Weather Underground: Custom Forecast & Local Radar https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather-underground-custom-forecast-local-radar/id486154808?mt=8
  27. * Weather Underground: Forecasts https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wunderground.android.weather&hl=en
  28. --- 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 ---
  30. The Red Cross also has an Emergency app for ALL major emergencies, including:
  31. - Hurricane Warnings
  32. - Hurricane Watch
  33. - Tropical Storm Warning
  34. - Tropical Storm Watch
  35. - High Wind Warning
  36. - High Wind Watch
  37. - Earthquake Warning
  38. - Flash Flood Warning
  39. - Flash Flood Watch
  40. - Coastal Flood Warning
  41. - Coastal Flood Watch
  42. - Flood Warning
  43. - Flood Watch
  44. - Coastal Flood Advisory
  45. - Flood Advisory
  46. - Tornado Warning
  47. - Tornado Watch
  48. - Blizzard Warning
  49. - Blizzard Watch
  50. - Lake Effect Snow Warning
  51. - Lake Effect Snow Watch
  52. - Winter Storm Warning
  53. - Winter Storm Watch
  54. - Winter Weather Advisory
  55. - Snow Advisory
  56. - Tsunami Warning
  57. - Tsunami Watch
  58. - Tsunami Advisory
  59. - Fire Weather Watch
  60. - Red Flag Warning
  61. - Dense Smoke Advisory
  62. - Severe Thunderstorm Warning
  63. - Severe Thunderstorm Watch
  64. - Excessive Heat Warning
  65. - Excessive Heat Watch
  66. - Heat Advsory
  67. - Ashfall Warning
  68. - Volcano Warning
  69. - Ashfall Warning
  70. - Air Quality Alert
  71. - Hazardous Materials warning
  72. - Evacuation Immediate
  73. - Shelter In Place Warning
  74. - Wind Advisory
  75. - Red Cross Notifications
  77. So with this app, you are basically covered for EVERY POSSIBLE EMERGENCY, except maybe UFOs! :)
  79. You can also set locations for family members to see what the weather & emergency conditions are in there zip code/city/area.
  81. Redcross Emergency iOS/iPhone App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/emergency-alerts-notifications/id954783878?mt=8
  83. Redcross Emergency Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.hzd&hl=en
  85. 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.
  87. Redcross First Aid iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first-aid-by-american-red-cross/id529160691?mt=8
  89. Redcross First Aid Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.fa&hl=en
  92. 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:
  94. * American Red Cross: https://twitter.com/redcross/alerts
  95. * Centers for Disease Control: https://twitter.com/CDCemergency/alerts
  96. * Federal Amergency Management Agency: https://twitter.com/fema/alerts
  97. * US Geological Survey: https://twitter.com/usgs/alerts
  98. * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: https://twitter.com/noaa/alerts
  100. Other accounts to follow:
  101. * National Weather Service Hurricane Center: https://twitter.com/NWSNHC
  102. * National Weather Service: https://twitter.com/NWS
  103. * BuzzFeedStorm: https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedStorm
  104. * The Weather Channel Breaking Weather Alerts: https://twitter.com/TWCBreaking
  105. * Accuweather Breaking Weather: https://twitter.com/breakingweather
  106. * National Hurricane Center Atlantic Operations Center: https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic
  108. Texas Specific Emergency Accounts:
  109. * Texas Division of Emergency Management - https://twitter.com/TDEM
  110. * Texas Weather Alerts: https://twitter.com/TexasStormAlert
  111. * FEMA Region 6 Serving TX: https://twitter.com/FEMARegion6
  112. * Texas Department of Transportation: https://twitter.com/TxDOT
  113. * Texas Department of Public Safety: https://twitter.com/TxDPS
  114. * National Weather Service Corpus Christi: https://twitter.com/NWSCorpus
  115. * Texas Tribune: https://twitter.com/TexasTribune
  116. * Houston Chronicle http://twitter.com/@HoustonChron
  117. * Houston OEM: https://twitter.com/HoustonOEM
  118. * TxDOT US 290 Houston https://twitter.com/my290Houston
  119. * National Weather Service Houston https://twitter.com/NWSHouston
  120. * Corpus Christi Office of Emergency Management: https://twitter.com/@ReadyCC
  121. * City of Corpus Christi: https://twitter.com/cityofcc
  122. * Information about the US Weather Services tweet out on Twitter and how it should be best utilized: http://www.weather.gov/twitter
  124. Misc/Other:
  125. * Texas Emergency Preparedness Hurricane Harvey Center: https://emergency.portal.texas.gov/
  126. * Central & South Texas Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/local/texas/central-and-south-texas
  127. * 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)
  128. * 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
  129. * Oncor Outage Map: http://stormcenter.oncor.com/external/default.html
  130. * 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:
  132. * Tiny Flashlight Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight&hl=en
  133. * Tiny Flashlight iOS/iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashlight-tiny-flashlight/id377459147?mt=8
  135. * 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 )
  137. 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
  138. Or a Tornado hits: http://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/tornado
  140. 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.
  142. *** 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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