Favorite apps for monitoring fires, evacuations, etc??
NWescapee said
11:37 PM Sep 17, 2014
Hi All,
We've been using the Weather Underground map and watching the local news as a fire continues to burn NE of us in the Sierra Nevadas. Tonight we were watching the huge cloud caused by the fire turn colors during the sunset hours. Beautiful in an unreal kind of way, but still somewhat scary to see even though I know it's miles away.
Are there other apps out there that give fire updates that we should be aware of?
One site I will share when we were planning recent family visit in Idaho, is AIRNow, http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.main. We were able to enter a zip code and make sure a family member with COPD would not be impacted by fires burning or to make alternate plans as necessary.
Thanks!
Joe_Camper said
10:14 AM Sep 21, 2014
I use Pro Weather Alert, but I'm not sure if it alerts for smoke. It has the ability to add key words, so added smoke. It's real good for weather alerts and tracks your location so it alerts for the area you are in. You can also add locations if you want to get alerts for other areas, such as Mom's house or something.
The Junkman said
10:34 AM Sep 21, 2014
I use a home patrol scanner. Punch in your zipcode and you get everything and it can be put in weather alert mode. Will sound off alarm if there in a emergency announcement..
A bit pricey at around 500. But if like listening to whats going on around you.. and don't want to manually program the channels everytime to move.. This is the cats meow..
I also have tornado alert ap on my note3 phone..
CarolfromTX said
01:37 PM Sep 21, 2014
I have an iPhone. I did a search in the app store for alerts and came up with several free apps. One was for hurricanes, others for various situations including tornadoes, flash floods, and extreme conditions. Didn't notice any for wildfires, but I'd bet it's there as well. Several were for personal alerts -- urgent response kind of thing. All were free. Do a search of your app store -- Android or Apple -- and see what they have.
Hi All,
We've been using the Weather Underground map and watching the local news as a fire continues to burn NE of us in the Sierra Nevadas. Tonight we were watching the huge cloud caused by the fire turn colors during the sunset hours. Beautiful in an unreal kind of way, but still somewhat scary to see even though I know it's miles away.
Are there other apps out there that give fire updates that we should be aware of?
One site I will share when we were planning recent family visit in Idaho, is AIRNow, http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.main. We were able to enter a zip code and make sure a family member with COPD would not be impacted by fires burning or to make alternate plans as necessary.
Thanks!
A bit pricey at around 500. But if like listening to whats going on around you.. and don't want to manually program the channels everytime to move.. This is the cats meow..
I also have tornado alert ap on my note3 phone..
I have an iPhone. I did a search in the app store for alerts and came up with several free apps. One was for hurricanes, others for various situations including tornadoes, flash floods, and extreme conditions. Didn't notice any for wildfires, but I'd bet it's there as well. Several were for personal alerts -- urgent response kind of thing. All were free. Do a search of your app store -- Android or Apple -- and see what they have.