SAVE4SANDYHURRICANE RELIEF APP
By: Sean Andrews
PURPOSE OF SAVE4SANDY
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 open a menu to type your information for donating 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 section for 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/