Re: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Teresa Christian
Thanks everyone! I so appreciate all the helpful info. I ended up calling AIRA and getting them to help me get signed up on the public alerts website. There was also a spot to register as a blind person. I have resisted that in the passed but went a head and did it tonight. It sounds like my questi

Lookup the Next Word In iPhone Dictionary?

2020-09-10 Thread Fazil
Hi, list. I have iPhone8 and the latest iOS version. I used iPhone-Dictionary for the first-time just by chance. I was totally taken aback when Voiceover gave me the dictionaries of all the languages on my Rotor. I, however, was disappointed when Voiceover did not display the definitions of the

RE: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Teresa, Sorry to hear you guys are having it rough, Take care. As for apps Is there no kind of civil emergency app for your state or city that might help? Possibly you could talk to your local council if you have one about what the best options are in your situation. Take care over there

Re: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Richard Turner
Well, it should be amazing for $20 per month.Not interested. Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting gra

Re: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
The Citizen app works great. > On Sep 10, 2020, at 6:56 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Well, KXL's site is useless. > As is the Red Cross site, everything seems to be graphics. > > Try calling 211, that is a statewide information number so they may have up > to date info. > Also, I'd call t

Accessible Apps re Wild Fires

2020-09-10 Thread Rebecca Degeorge
I think you can call your local non-emergency police or fire station to get info about help evacuating if that becomes necessary, or call the local Red Cross. Perhaps listening to TV or radio stations is a better option than websites or apps? Just a thought! -- The following information is imp

RE: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Richard Turner
Well, KXL's site is useless. As is the Red Cross site, everything seems to be graphics. Try calling 211, that is a statewide information number so they may have up to date info. Also, I'd call the Red Cross and ask them about accessible information for shelters. I have my doubts there are any de

Re: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread David Moore
Hi teresa! This is David Moore from Dice world! I am so happy to see you on here! I don't use emergency apps per se, I just listen to radio stations in my area of Columbus ohio. I do have a weather app called AccuWeather. There is some emergency information on that, but am not sure if fire informat

Re: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Teresa Christian
Hi Richard, The radio station was KXL On 9/10/20, Richard Turner wrote: > You can also ask Siri for the Air Quality in your city and if there are > stations that track that, it will give you a number and say if it is good, > moderate, unhealthy, or hazardous. Right now in Portland, it is 367,

RE: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Richard Turner
You can also ask Siri for the Air Quality in your city and if there are stations that track that, it will give you a number and say if it is good, moderate, unhealthy, or hazardous. Right now in Portland, it is 367, which is quite hazardous. In short, keep windows and doors closed and stay indo

Re: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Teresa Christian
Yes, thank you very much! On 9/10/20, Priscilla Garces (prisci) wrote: > Hi, > Do you have government alerts turned on so that you can get alerts about > natural disasters or other severe weather events including wild fires? > On my phone, whenever there are weather alerts or government issued al

Re: looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Priscilla Garces (prisci)
Hi, Do you have government alerts turned on so that you can get alerts about natural disasters or other severe weather events including wild fires? On my phone, whenever there are weather alerts or government issued alerts, my phone notifies me. That happened when COVID-19 hit our state very hard

looking for accessible apps for emergency info, wildfire especially. I live in Portland Oregon

2020-09-10 Thread Teresa Christian
I'm in Portland Oregon and as I'm sure you've hear on the news we are having crazy wild fires. I am having trouble finding a good way to get up to the minute info. Most of the resources have maps and as we all know those are not accessible. Also, a radio station here said on their website they h