Session 2 A Weather-Ready Nation for All: Bilingual Science Outreach/Communication and Supporting the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community

Tuesday, 8 January 2019: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
North 221AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Submitters:
Ian Colon-Pagan, NOAA, San Juan, PR; Irene Sans, WFTV/ClimaData, Orlando, FL; Ernesto Rodriguez, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Weather Forecast Office (WFO) San Juan, PR, Carolina, PR and Rebecca Haacker, NCAR, Education & Outreach, Boulder, CO
Chair:
Lorena Medina Luna, NCAR, E&O, Boulder, CO

This session will focus on two under-served and vulnerable populations -- Spanish-speaking users and the deaf & hard of hearing community. Speakers will describe successes in collaboration, product/service advancements, and future needs that remain to better serve these communities.

Papers:
10:30 AM
2.2
Bilingual Science Communication and Outreach at NCAR
Lorena Medina Luna, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Haacker
11:00 AM
2.4A
The uvw of NWR: Keeping Our First Warning System Our Best
Bruce Jones, Midland Radio Corporation, Kansas City, MO

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