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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

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3.7 1026 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Hind Sight is 20/20

   I agree with the other comment about the communication aspect. This app however has improved and streamlined the application experience. It seems very easy to use and sometimes official sites and apps can be a giant pain to navigate. Especially when the airways are clogged. During Katrina it was so hard to get information and find people but we are working on things. There was a family check-in on a website that was a blessing. Please keep up the good work. One other thing is when the survey pops up the user really hasn’t had time yet to see how the app works and being told how long it should take you was quite annoying. When you are going through a disaster we don’t always function as quickly as we would like to and the reminder to check back is good too. Thank you again for all of your help, efforts and support.

   DivineAspects · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5FEMA app

   A must have for me as a Florida resident who endured the worst of the worst in my area for hurricanes and floods. The weather was so bad that it made historic landfall and the entire area had been evacuated and I couldn’t even see any of my neighbors and family members for over two weeks after. It is so important to have the best possible outcome for the entire area and I can’t imagine what we would have done without the people who put this FEMA app out there in time for our safety. Thank you so much and I will always keep this on my phone. The glitch for me as a community of people was that I didn’t know what was happening in that area and I know it’s a work in progress but I would love to see more info on other communities in the future. Thanks again

   @embrace_change0809 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 3/5Wakes us in the middle of the night with minor alerts

   So the freeze warning was extended, or maybe some other fairly normal weather event gets reported, and the weather alert notification dings and wakes us at all times of the night. I like to keep the sound on for notification in case there is some real extreme weather developing, but I really don’t care to be advised that a freeze advisory has been extended at 2:15 am. I should be allowed to define what types of weather I consider critical or minor, and the notification with sound should only be used for what I define as critical events. A farmer may have different needs than a taxi driver or a builder or a writer of suspense novels, just to name a few. 95% of all the alerts are for things I either know about (I looked at the forecast, I can hear the thunder or the heavy rain, etc), or have a reasonable expectation will not affect me much (flash flooding typically doesn’t affect the places I go, beyond the fact that visibly heavy rain creates conditions for hydroplaning).

   Tbqcol · 31 Jul 2026

4. 3/5I understand the idea of an app as supplementary

   I wish there was infirmation on where to find all this if the emergency includes not having any access to the web (and probably an afterthought because by the time you realize it it will be in full swing because you dont have any other way anymore in which you get warnings like weather reports or any contingency plans that the public is informed via public service announcements anymore like it used to on radio or tv. We really rely on an app now for this? Kind of a bad contingency plan - I seem to remember beibg in Paris in 2017 when the customs and security servers and computers went down in the airport. That was a great mess. Hmmm no one seems to think that was something to learn from. oh well, I guess I can go study what I think has been planned and then go wander around ahead of time so I become familiar with the road to the last bottle of water and toilet paper in my local grocery. Or look up and write down all the ways I can get in touch with my cell carrier to tell them my service is not working. Does anyone have a white pages phone book? I have to report it online now because they no longer have people answering phones for customer service.

   m89aria · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Broken (UPDATED)

   11/18 I decided to try one last thing for completely deleting this app. I updated to current version (2.11.3). All my previously saved locations were back. We’ll see how it works going forward, but I am hopeful. Thanks for the fix. 11/6 While I used to receive multiple alerts for the same issue, the recent update broke the app and wiped all settings and saved locations. Most well-designed apps have the ability to retain config settings during an update. What is strange is that I continue to get alert notifications for my saved locations, even though I cannot view the alerts or see (or re-add) my locations. So perhaps they’re not cleared after all, just somehow inaccessible. Seems like a fundamental flaw in the update. I will wait for an update rather than delete and reinstall. Thankfully fire season is nearly behind us in CA.

   mastman26 · 31 Jul 2026

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