Ridgewood Resident Denise Spell Creates Mobil Emergency App
The Disaster & Emergency Response App for finding gas, food & places to charge devices. Report downed lines, downed trees & flooding.
The Problem:
During Super Storm Sandy, approximately 8.5 million people lost power. The enormity of the crisis left people stranded without power, without gas, without the ability to charge phones. That’s where the idea of Currant was born. There’s got to be an app to help people find things and information after a disaster. With literally millions of people on the street, why not leverage everyone’s power to help people help each other.
The CurrantNOW™ app translates your social media posts into actual usable information for your neighbors, the utilities companies and local officials. These reports can then be used to obtain necessities (like milk and cookies) and help dispatch repair crews in a timely and efficient way. With the app, you can even report incidents during non-emergencies such as graffiti or street lights out, directly to your utility companies and local officials. Storms like Sandy are happening all the time, so we all need to be prepared.
Our Kickstarter campaign will help us finalize the CurrantNOW app development and make it available for everyone as a free download. Let’s be ready for the next disaster or mass emergency, fund our Kickstarter! In Greg “the Boyfriend’s” words, “It’s People helping People, people!”
Find What You Need, Share What You Know!
Find Gas
Report if the Supermarket is Open
Find a place to Charge Your Phone, ipad, and other devices
Where to get medical attention
Day shelters to get meals and rest
Is anyone out there listening?
They will now. Report Incidents! Let us know and we can let the Mayor and Utility Companies know. Report all these things and more, and not just during emergencies:
The fallen tree that is blocking your street
Downed power lines knocking out your power
The river is flooding and you now can paddle down your street
Any other non-emergency problems: the street light is out, you have to swerve your car from debris in the street, someone has messed up your favorite building with graffiti
Did your street look like this?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/8632308/currantnow-find-what-you-need-share-what-you-know
https://twitter.com/CurrantNow
They have raised $6501 so far and this project will only be funded if at least $15,000 is pledged by .
