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Title

Survey of coastal U.S. public's perspective on extra tropical - tropical cyclone storm surge information

Abstract

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-funded project aimed to (1) explore and assess the public's awareness and understanding concerning storm surge and currently available storm surge information; and (2) assess whether the National Weather Service should develop new storm surge informational approaches to improve the communication and decision-making with respect to extratropical and tropical cyclone storm surge risk. A survey of the general public collected data from 900 coastal residents via telephone in the fall of 2010. About one in six indicated that they don't know whether they live in a surge zone or evacuation area and nearly three out of ten don't know the elevation of their residence suggesting that a significant portion of the U.S. coastal population is not fully aware of their storm surge vulnerability. When directly asked "In your opinion should the NWS issue a separate surge warning for severe coastal flooding events?" almost 72% answered "Yes." A large number of individuals commented that having a separate surge warning would save lives, increase awareness, and that it would be important for people living nearest the coast to get the additional warning. We conclude that there is significant heterogeneity within and across regions with respect to experience, awareness, and potential responses to severe coastal storms and storm surge threats but strong support for a potential separate storm surge warning product.

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http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d75d8r8j

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eng

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Text

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publication

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2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

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EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > STORM SURGE

EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HUMAN SETTLEMENTS > COASTAL AREAS

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > STORM SURGE

EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > TROPICAL CYCLONES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TROPICAL CYCLONES

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title

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2021-09-17

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2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

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Copyright Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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None

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OpenSky Support

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UCAR/NCAR - Library

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PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

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opensky@ucar.edu

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http://opensky.ucar.edu/

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OpenSky Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Library

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

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opensky@ucar.edu

web address

http://opensky.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

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pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-08-18T18:07:03.444787

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