Storm-Ready — Prairie severe weather prep planner for homeowners
A hyperlocal severe-weather assistant for Alberta and Saskatchewan residents that turns Environment Canada alerts into a personalized prep checklist, fires pre-storm reminders, and walks you through post-storm damage triage.
Homeowners and small-acreage owners on the Prairies dealing with repeated hail and tornado threats each summer
- Personalized prep checklist tuned to your property (vehicles, garden, sump pump, livestock, RV)
- Pre-storm push reminders 6 hours, 2 hours, and 30 minutes before severe cells approach your address
- Post-storm triage flow: what to photograph for insurance, who to call, gas leak and electrical safety checks
- Family comms plan that auto-texts everyone their assigned safe room and meeting point
An exceptionally active storm pattern has hammered the Prairies for weeks with tornado risk east of Edmonton and north of Saskatoon, and storm fatigue is setting in — households need a system to stay sharp after alert overload.
2025 had a destructive Saskatchewan outbreak (12 tornadoes incl. EF2s) and ongoing Alberta tornado-warned storms, plus 'edmonton storm' trending, but free official WeatherCAN already captures most of this audience.List of Canadian tornadoes in 2025 - Wikipedia ↗PHOTOS: Alberta, Sask., see multiple days of tornado-warned storms ↗
WeatherCAN dominates free alerts; StormWatch+ and Instant Weather cover alerts/community but no one owns the prep-checklist + post-storm damage-triage workflow for Prairies homeowners — modest whitespace.StormWatch+ - Personalized Weather Alerts ↗Instant Weather ↗
Free government WeatherCAN anchors expectations at $0; niche paid weather apps (StormWatch+) have struggled and rural Prairie homeowners are price-sensitive, making paid conversion hard without insurance/utility partnerships.WeatherCAN - Canada.ca ↗StormWatch+ - Personalized Weather Alerts in the Palm of your Hand ↗
Prairie severe weather is a reliable annual May–September recurrence (hail is the dominant damage driver per Alberta.ca) and climate trends are increasing frequency, giving long-running recurring demand.Thunderstorms, lightning, heavy rain and hail - Alberta.ca ↗
Environment Canada data is freely available via MSC GeoMet API and already integrated in Home Assistant, making alerts/forecasts plumbing straightforward; checklist and triage logic is standard mobile app work.MSC GeoMet API and geospatial web services - Canada.ca ↗Environment Canada - Home Assistant ↗