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Severe weather studyCurrent methods of severe weather information dissemination and the impact of this information on the general public are studied. The study is based on the responses of the general public and the local broadcasters to a severe weather incident which occurred on August 14, 1972 in the Dane County-Madison Metropolitan area. The results of the study were somewhat startling. From the sample, for instance, it was found that 45% of the Dane County population was not aware of the severe thunderstorm warning. In this case this may or may not have been critical, but had the storm been extremely severe or had a tornado and flooding been associated with the storm, a large segment of the population would have been in great danger. What this study has shown, is that the real problem with the dissemination of severe weather information is not the lack of it, but the inability to transfer it in useful form to an overwhelming majority of the general public.
Document ID
19740014160
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Mills, C. J.
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1973
Publication Information
Publication: Multidisciplinary Studies of the Social, Econ. and Political Impact Resulting from Recent Advan. in Satellite Meteorology, Vol. 5
Subject Category
Meteorology
Accession Number
74N22273
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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