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livefreebstrong
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Helpful phone apps

10 years ago

We live on the coast, close to the ocean. Once, during a Tsunami warning, our neighbor came to our door at 6:20 AM to warn us of the alert. We were clueless. We do not listen to the local stations for emergency warnings.

Somehow we've managed to survive over the years- depending on others to alert us. We have not always been the sharpest tool in the shed. But we are still alive.

Now we have phone apps that help. EQInfo is a free app that alerts you of earthquakes anywhere in the world. We have it set for earthquakes over 5.0. For example, there was an earthquake on the border of Colombia and Ec. two days ago.

I know, who needs a phone app to let you know your roof is falling on your head. Well, this helps one to know if he needs to be aware of Tsunamis, road closures, or if his friends and family are in danger.

Another app, PDCWorld Disasters Alert lets you know of all kinds of emergency alerts anywhere in the world. This would include Tunguragua (sp) alerts.

There are other apps, for $10.00 that can be more personalized as well. We now have an app that allows us have our Magic Jack calls forwarded to a cell phone. This may be old news to everyone else, but we're pretty excited about it.

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