BeeSafe

American Red Cross Hurricane App Features:
- Step-by-step instructions let you know what to do even if the cell towers are down and the power is out.

- Monitor weather conditions in your area or those of loved-ones with location-based alerts for the U.S. and its territories from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA).

- Let family and friends know you are okay with the customizable "I'm Safe" alert for Facebook, Twitter, email and text.

- Find open Red Cross shelters in your area when you need help.

- Stay safe when the lights are out with the Hurricane Toolkit, including a strobe light, flashlight and audible alert functions.

- Prepare for the worst by learning how to assemble an emergency kit for your family in the event of power outage or evacuation.
- Empower your family to stay safe and remain calm in an emergency by learning how to make and practice an emergency plan.
- Earn badges that you can share with your friends and show off your hurricane knowledge with interactive quizzes.
- See an illustrated history of hurricanes in your area.
- Learn the difference between a hurricane warning and watch.

- Know how to what to do about food and drinking water when your area has been impacted by floods and power outages.

To get your free Hurricane & Severe Weather App -- http://ow.ly/dDFeb

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Bee Safe Lite Description
-Store your ICE contacts, Medical Information, and other important data
---Send options for ICE contacts are email, sms, or both
---Click on ICE contact to call them

-Using the phone's GPS, your location is shown on Google Maps
-Email Status Updates to your contacts which sends them a Google Maps link with your location
-Urgent Alert will inform all of your ICE contacts of your location via email, sms, or both
-Trip Track collects all of your GPS locations while turned on and saves them into a kml file that is viewable through BeeSafe or Google Earth
-The Options tab allows you to store information related to BeeSafe on your SD card and password protect your ICE information
-Widget shows all of your ICE contacts and information. You can call, text, or email your ICE contacts by clicking on their name.

Free version:
-Limited to 2 ICE contacts (5 in the paid version)
-Limited to a single kml Track file (unlimited in paid version)
-free version has ads

Special Note: Buying the paid version or clicking the ads feeds the code monkeys and is greatly appreciated.


All permissions required for BeeSafe™ and their purposes.

Your location: coarse (network-based) location, coarse (GPS) location, fine (GPS) locations

Reason: Tracks the user location for urgent alert messages and status updates including closest address found based on last known location. Also used to record trips when user starts triptrack.

Your personal Information: read contact data

Reason: Allows users to select someone from their contacts to send a status update to as well as giving auto complete functionality to users when entering new emergency contacts.

Network communication: full internet access, view network state

Reason: Tracks network connectivity to see if urgent status can be sent when urgent button is pressed. Used to send urgent emails to contacts and for facebook and twitter social networking.

Storage: modify/delete SD card contents

Reason: Saves trips and ICE info to the sd card. ice info can be stored on internal memory as well.

Services that cost you money: send SMS messages

Reason: Send urgent alert to people who have sms checked in emergency contacts.

Phone calls: read phone state and identity

Reason: Gets users phone number so that they can perform test alerts to verify their user data.

Hardware control: Vibrate

Reason: Vibrates when you get a GPS lock.


Android 2.3.3 or higher is required.

For more information visit http://www.lifewithdroidy.com
For any issues with the application, email support@lifewithdroidy.com
We also host a forum where you can post problems and suggestions for next version.



Disclaimer: BeeSafe DOES NOT provide, contact, or replace emergency services such as police, fire department, or emergency medical services. It is only a general safety and communication program. If you have an emergency, do not use BeeSafe instead call your emergency service number. Baker Systems and Services, LLC. is not liable for any accidents, mishaps, or mistakes which may occur from using our program improperly or using this program for more than its intended use.

To get your free (Lite) version -- http://ow.ly/dDDYl

Source & Original Video Courtesy of the Weather Channel
http://ow.ly/dDH8Y