STORM REFORMHURRICANE RELIEF APP

By: Sean Andrews

PURPOSE OF STORM REFORM

Allow people across America to donate to states affected by

Hurricane Sandy

Give people tips on how to stay safe incase they are caught in a hurricane or other natural disaster

Get news updates on hurricane position and damage left behind

WHO IS THIS FOR?

This app is for anyone looking to help others! Those affected themselves who want to help, and others across the world who wish to help in the group effort of rebuilding the affected areas

Anyone using smartphones. It will be easy to find in the free section of the App Store and the Google Play store

APP LAYOUT

The main menu of the app will feature a map of the states affected by the current hurricane

Clicking on a state will bring up a button to donate to the relief fund, and give a news stream on the states condition during and after the storm hits

Below the map will be a news ticker that gives tips on what to do incase you are about to be hit by a hurricane and how to prepare your house

Clicking a state will also bring up self uploaded videos from their smartphones in a separate tab

STATE INFO

This is what clicking the weather portion of a specific state will bring up

It will also bring up local news info about the weather updates

Self Uploads will be the way people in the storm show others in the world what they are witnessing at that very moment by uploading video footage from their phone of the storm

SELF UPLOAD

People in the storm can upload videos straight from their smartphones to the “Live Feed” section of their states menu

This will organize videos of the storm by location being hit and anyone can view them to see what common citizens are going through at the moment of the storm

GOALS OF THE APP

Help support hurricane victims via donating

Spread knowledge on what to do in an emergency situation

Let people see what those in the storm are witnessing live

Live hurricane updates and weather updates state to state

REFERENCES

http://www.weather.com/

http://www.youtube.com/