August 22, Hurricane Irene struck Puerto Rico, flooding streets and demolition of the leaves on a path that could lead to Florida. Irene was the trail toward Haiti, the Bahamas and possibly Florida and the Carolinas. Is there a way to keep this?
It is a good time to learn how to track hurricanes, and what sites or applications on your smartphone are very useful to learn how to prepare for a hurricane.
MyWeather.com for example, has published a list of 5 myths about hurricanes and their reality, all designed to help people protect themselves.
But if you want to stay mobile and stay the course of Hurricane Irene, there are a number of "Hurricane tracker" applications, tablets and smartphones.
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Hurricane HD software is equipped with "video updates now or storms forming," says ABC News. It covers hurricanes worldwide. The app costs $ 2.99.
The soft iMap Radio time is based on your phone or GPS tablet and alerts users if they enter an area "where it is then a watch / warning," among other things. The application costs $ 9.99. As announced, this is a radio application. While some users swear by his voice and text alerts, the user says the updates arrive about 30 minutes after the National Weather Service issues a warning: "For a time," warned "me of a tornado warning after The storm had cleared. "recommends a NOAA Weather Radio all hazards (see the radio or the American Red Cross below) to speed alerts.
The Weather Channel app (free) is probably the most comprehensive, including weather maps, animated radar maps, weather conditions and detailed weather forecasts, severe weather warnings, "and more are available locally or through research. It is highly rated by most users, but some say they prefer The Weather Channel mobile site during the program.
You can also get free weather forecasts and alerts on your phone or computer by following some sites such as Twitter: The Weather Channel Weather Channel @ Twitter feed
MyWeather.com or tweets: @ MyWeather,
or Accu Weather is breaking weather @
Or you could could simply search for "Irene" on your Twitter account and get all of the above, a single feed.
Weather Radio as IMAP is the Global Outbreak Alert app hands-free: It vocalize the pertinent facts regarding the location of current users with no driver's request. It is accessible on iPhone, Android and BlackBerry OS 4.5 and above phone.
Of course, if the power goes out, and the phone, or tablet runs out of juice, you could go for Plan B: ARCPT300W Eton American Red Cross Axis Security self-powered hub, also known as the Axis. This is more of a know-it-all that the automatic device. Although it is by far the most expensive ($ 70) option, Axis' can be connected to a crank or a laptop computer or a network device ", which means perfect reliability, and is connected to AM, FM radio and NOAA weather .
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