Session 12 Risk Perception and Communication of Weather and Climate Threats -Part I

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Host: 15th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Paul M. Chakalian, CIMMS, FRDD, Norman, OK and Jennifer A. Spinney, Univ. of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology, London, ON

This session will offer research across different threats and populations on how risks are perceived, experienced, and communicated.

Papers:
1:30 PM
12.1
Early Warning Early Action for flash flood disasters
Andrew Kruczkiewicz, IRI, Palisades, NY; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Hague, Netherlands; and M. Nielsen, H. Greatrex, K. Siahaan, S. N. McClain, and J. Bazo

1:45 PM
12.2
Surveying the Public About Their Perception and Response to “Everyday” Severe Weather
Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; and C. League, J. Trainor, and N. Meyers

2:00 PM
12.3
Retrospective and Prospective Evaluations of Droughts and Floods among Residents in the U.S. Gulf Coast
Wanyun Shao, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and J. Kam

2:15 PM
12.4
The Perception of Flash Flood Risk among Emergency Managers in the NWS-MRX County Warning Area
Savannah A. Collins-Key, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; and K. N. Ellis and L. Reyes Mason

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