Set Up Weather Alerts on Your Phone — It Takes 2 Minutes

Most phones have government emergency alerts (Wireless Emergency Alerts, Cell Broadcast) built in, but they're often turned off by default — check your notification settings right now. Add your local weather service app for more detailed forecasts and alerts. These 2 minutes of setup give you hours of advance warning before tornadoes, floods, extreme heat, and severe storms. People who died in weather events often had every opportunity to get warnings — the technology was on their phone, just not activated.