Hurricane: American Red Cross Reviews

Red Cross/ 3 Sided Cube — I'm a beta tester for the Red Cross, and have been telling you this for YEARS: You MUST fix the ability to choose which number from within each Contacts listing is to be called when the "I'm Safe" button is clicked. As it is, the top number on the Contact list is the default — there is no way to select WHICH number for Hurricane to text. Are users to go through their Contacts list and rearrange all the phone numbers to appease Hurricane quirks? Certainly a landline auto-message asking for 25¢ to place a call is not very convenient when the ceiling has fallen in during a natural disaster. Also, what about an option to send an "I'm Safe" email vs. texting?Without these options, the apps are pretty much worthless and do not meet with your mission statement. Your agency was created to SUPPORT those affected by emergencies. These apps are falling short.

I have saved a life, was taught how to swim, I have taken CPR and First Aid courses I have donated blood, volunteered, and I have seen first hand the unprecedented amount of volunteers that have been there during fires, earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes not to mention the wealth of knowledge and skills they put out there to help people learn what to do in a crisis! I have used these apps through many situations including this app Mathew and Irma and did not have any problems whatsoever!!!! As a matter of fact, AT&T and Apple kept us up and running throughout! Thank you to all at the Red Cross for doing the world this outstanding service for so many years and keep up the great work!

When Hurricane is needed the most, it takes too long for the data to be updated. I have been watching the latest this app and it takes around 3 hours to update tracking information. The updates come every 6 hours but Hurricane does not get updated as quickly. It should be as easy as changing a few data points since the cones are a standard algorithm.

I have used Hurricane for the past Hurricanes, and I am very happy that I can let my family know I am safe; even if I don’t have any power !

It has been fine until recently.
It’s not updating the current locations of any storms, like it was waaaay off, not even just a little..
Now I’m worried since this has been my most accurate app up until now. Hurricane is up to date, but the tracker is not.

I would expect more from the American Red Cross. A app that does not work when you need it to show you what is on top of you. All it does is sit there and spin and spin I am deleting Hurricane.

It’s amazing, it helps me know what storms are coming. Next, I suggest you could make a wildfire or blizzard app! That would be cool!

Used Hurricane for several years works great for monitoring the hurricanes we get in Florida. Using it now for Dorian. Thanks to the developers for creating it and its free.

I literally had this app Irma on top of my island, I dint had electricity so i couldn't watch the news to see what's going, I try Hurricane and it doesn't load whatsoever.

I have now this app Maria tomorrow, let's see if it works from tomorrow onward.

Red Cross picks up the slack between where your neighbors don’t have the capacity and when the government steps in.

I had so many alerts I finally had to delete Hurricane just to get rid of all of the alerts, after ten minutes of deleting I saw no end in sight

As a trained disaster responder, I am delighted to see so many useful features. This could truly save lives.

Hurricane wants to track you at all times. It won’t work if you only want it to find your location while you use it. If you try to add a random location, Hurricane demands to know who you “love” there - name and address. It’s Creepy.

I just downloaded Hurricane and it is a waste of time.
I cannot add any locations for alerts.
The maps are DOA - their map service quit and they don't have a new one. Hey guys, this app season is almost here. (It's May 15 now.)
USELESS!

I used Hurricane for several years for tracking storms that affected family members. However, I am removing it because I e just had two interruptions to ask for donations.

Just spins and says loading this app. Map is cluttered with shelter data making it hard to see track. Should be an overlay

I am removing Hurricane as a deleted location keeps sending me alerts.

I have been receiving Flood Warnings for Omaha, Douglas County for weeks now. My sister lives there. I call her all alarmed and she tells me “nothing but blue skies”. No flooding here”. I’m getting ready to delete Hurricane .

It keeps crashing every time I use it! What a ripoff!

Does not allow you to report any problems with Hurricane to the developer. Says you can increase/decrease monitoring radius on map. NOT TRUE! Beginning to think this is a scam app.