Weather Watching: Preparing for Bad Weather While Traveling
| May 28, 2018
App Up
In the technologically advanced age that we live in, there’s never an excuse to be unprepared. There’s an app for everything. If you’re looking to avoid sketchy weather on your trip, app up!
Road Trip Weather will use your starting point and your destination to help you avoid bad weather along your route. Swackett will help you dress for the weather. Pack Point uses your travel destination to help you pack and Hurricane Tracker will, uh … help you avoid hurricanes. That last one is probably important.
The point is, the Internet is full of useful travel apps that are designed to eliminate the stress of bad weather. So, leave your Grandpa’s barometer at home and app up ahead of your big trip!
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