Session 9A Risk Perception and Communication of Weather and Climate Threats -Part I

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
151B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Cochairs:
Paul M. Chakalian, CIMMS, FRDD, Norman, OK and Jennifer A. Spinney, Univ. of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology, London, ON

Description:

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


Papers:
1:30 PM
9A.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
9A.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
9A.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
9A.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

Abstract Submissions Closed



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