Session: Responses to Natural Hazards (95th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

7B
Responses to Natural Hazards

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Wednesday, 7 January 2015: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

Chair: Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Geosciences, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS

Studies examining responses to severe weather, from behavioral (sheltering, evacuating) to cognitive or affective (anxiety, excitement). Documentation for recent events is particularly encouraged. Presentations for foundational research on this topic.

Papers:

10:30 AM

7B.1

Value of Improved Hurricane Warnings: Risk Information and Factors Affecting Stated Preferences

Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Bostrom, R. E. Morss, J. L. Demuth, and H. Lazrus

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

7B.2

Protective Actions in the Modern Information Environment: Agent-Based Modeling of Hurricane Evacuation Decisions

Joshua Watts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

11:00 AM

7B.3

The influence of message and hazard characteristics on intended behavior in three weather and climate scenarios

Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and M. Warkentin, L. Strawderman, K. S. McNeal, P. Menard, and D. Carruth

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

7B.4

Motivators and Important Factors Influencing Tornado Decisions in Oklahoma During May 2013

Julia K. Ross, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue and J. Correia Jr.

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

11:30 AM

7B.5

Colorado's September 2013 Floods: What does surprise teach us about vulnerability in high adaptive capacity systems?

Lisa Dilling, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Morss and O. Wilhelmi

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM