county or city plan to say hey, is this area flooded? okay, no. next one. and they comb through your community and then they will say okay, it s safe to let everyone back. in you have will be the hero in your neighborhood when you have this app. because you will know this stuff. abby: what is it called again. scanner 911. i have it if you go to our website: abby: what do you have on your screen? whether have you phone, tablet desktop computer or laptop. it s called vin to sky. it s allowed us to have a lot of the brilliant algorithms that detect and plan and track where hurricanes go. so rick is our expert here. this allows you. abby: this is all live. this is live. right now exactly what s going on. the storm, we have the winds that rupp. tells you exactly the intensity of the rain. can you layer whatever you are looking for. if you want to look and find out the waves in that area. it will tell it to you live and predict out. tell you a little bit later this morning that this is
i m afraid is going to be happening in texas for now at least the next two days. clayton: we are relying on cell phones, battery powered alps. we don t have home internet. we have our ipads and iphone and have you some apps including scanner 911. what does it let us look at. scanner 911. brilliant app. to have. keep in mind when i was in katrina much like today the cell phone towers that surround the storm, if the wires are still connected to them to the phone companies on the hard line side those for go about 2 to 3 days without any electricity. we were able to use that during katrina. and we would be able, to if you could keep your battery alive, you would be able to tune in to the local sheriff, the local fire and the local police. what advantage is that? if you have evacuated your house or you are stuck in your flood and you are looking for help, this gives you an idea where first responders really are and when is it is safe to go back home. so, they are going to be sending out t