I have the same feeling, so I don't really regularly check news anymore, but do sign up for various emergency alerts (from Google, my city & county, etc.) They'

I have the same feeling, so I don't really regularly check news anymore, but do sign up for various emergency alerts (from Google, my city & county, etc.) They'll usually text you (or at least try to) when shit goes down. Some smaller agencies use Twitter, though, unfortunatley.