Alacrity

Alacrity provides users with as much information as possible in order for them to both prepare for a natural disaster and stay safe during a natural disaster. The key features of this app include:

1. An alert indicator of nearby weather alerts in your current area

2. A live map of current severe weather / natural disaster alerts in the U.S. , which can provide additional information such as current news reports and preparation tips

3. An offline set of disaster guides that ensures information on how to stay safe and how to prepare for disaster is readily available to users, even when they lose internet access

4. A notification system that allows users to instantly send their location and any additional messages to all of their emergency contacts (saved locally to the phone) without having to guess their current location; users can easily inform all of their contacts that they are safe through this feature

5. A checklist on how to prepare a basic emergency disaster kit that users should always keep, in case of emergencies (checked items are saved locally to the phone)