While I keep trying to make my home increasingly secure when it comes to stuff like major storms, extended power outages, possible hurricanes and flooding the possibility that I might be required to evacuate is still a possibility.

During the last few seasonal issues the cell service was still available so I started checking on apps that might become useful in an evacuation or stuck in place emergency.

Some that I installed and use.

Google maps. Absolutely essential but with a hard copy backup. Also a Garmin in the car.
The FEMA emergency app. Alerts and suggestions.
GasBuddy. To locate nearby gas stations that actually have gas. Hit and miss coverage but well worth a shot if on the road and out of your stomping grounds.

I also selected a few possible destinations in advance where I might head based on what threat was the issue and stored routing information in my Google Maps app and also on the Garmin in the car.

What other apps should be considered?

Windy is the best sat weather ap I've found. Lets you know what's coming, or which way to go. Also useful for finding tailwinds on a bike.

Don't laugh, but during our fires of the last several years, I've found twitter to be a great way to get information. It's the only thing I use it for.

Also, our local politicos are pretty good at posting updates to their Facebook sites.

And then there's Scanner Radio Pro that is sometimes useful.

During the Tubbs fire, a lot of the burned area, the only source of information was emergency responders driving down roads bullhorning people to GTFO, all power and cell service was down. Know your evacuation routes, have a kit ready and get out before you have to.

Getting timely information is all well and good, but just remember that standard #8 clay target loads are the perfect choice to use against aggressive wind events.

We now return you to a more commonly-shared reality.

CDFingers

While google maps is good, I don't want to rely on it because it needs an internet connection to stay updated. I like the app "maps.me" where you can download maps to have offline, and it can also do routing. I keep the maps updated in my state, surrounding states, and have the bookmarks to friends' places the next state over.

Actually you can download certain areas of google map to your phone.