Session 14 Risk Perception and Communication of Weather and Climate Threats -Part II

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Host: 15th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Paul M. Chakalian, CIMMS, FRDD, Norman, OK and Joseph T. Ripberger, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

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

Papers:
3:00 PM
14.1
Follow the Leader Syndrome: Motorists’ Response to Flash Flooding in Texas
Cedar League, Cedar E. League, Helena, MT; and B. Philips, N. Meyers, and D. Westbrook

3:15 PM
14.2
How Various Modes of Communication Impacted Sheltering Decisions of Lee County, Alabama Tornado Survivors
Elizabeth F. Leslie, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue, L. Mayeux, and J. Bryant

3:30 PM
14.3
Understanding the Non-Uniform Perception of Tornado Risk in Central Oklahoma
Rebekah Cheatham, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and W. D. Terwey, K. E. Klockow-McClain, P. T. Marsh, H. E. Brooks, and K. Berry

3:45 PM
14.4
Uncertainty and Probability Communication: Past, Present, and Future
Michele Olson, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and G. M. Eosco and K. Rowley

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