Patent ID: 8044810

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a user configurable system that includes a plurality of enabled/programmable controllers, wherein the system is capable of recognizing a weather warning; receiving one or more system threshold level settings on the user configurable system from the user; receiving a weather warning; converting the recognized weather warning into a predetermined severity level; comparing the converted weather warning with a threshold level on the user configurable system; sending a notification of the weather warning to a user's cellular device or to a user's email address if the threshold level is met; translating the weather warning to an output command if the threshold level is met; using the output command from the enabled/programmable controllers to deactivate one or more devices at a selected location based upon the predetermined severity levels; deactivating the one or more devices via an Internet-enabled power device; and automatically reactivating the one or more deactivated devices after the weather warning expires.