March Challenge #25 Gather Your Information Sources

Your challenge today is to collect up apps or add links to your start page/favorites list that will provide you useful information in the event of a disaster.  Here's some you should have:

• Facebook (with appropriate pages "liked" such as your local fire department, department of emergency management, etc)
• Twitter (be sure to follow the above mentioned agencies as well as others)
• Reddit (specific subreddits such as www.reddit.com/r/yourcity provide lots of information on local happenings)
• Your local newspapers
• Your local TV news stations
• National news sources (New York Times, ABC news, USA Today, etc)
• International news sources (BBC, Al Jazeera, etc)
• Weather (National Weather Service, etc)
• Your local fire department(s)
• Your local law enforcement agencies (police, sheriff, etc)
• Your local department of emergency management
• Disaster Alert Services (GDACS, RSOE EDIS, etc...there's a list on the CNI homepage)
• State agencies (State Patrol, State Department of Emergency Management, State Department of Transportation, etc)
• Federal Agencies (CDC, FEMA, Red Cross, etc)
• Disaster alerts specific to your area (FloodWatch, Hurricane Tracker, etc)
• Other useful apps (WAZE, Scanner Radio, Shelter View, etc)