How Mobile Home Residents Understand and Respond to Tornado Warnings

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• Journal Title:
  Weather, Climate, and Society
• Personal Author:
  Liu, Brooke Fisher ; Egnoto, Michael ; Lim, JungKyu Rhys
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Description:
  Mobile home residents experience higher fatality rates from tornadoes than “fixed home” residents. Yet, research on how mobile home residents understand and respond to tornado warnings is lacking. Such research can help meteorologists and their partners better communicate tornado risk. We conducted four surveys with residents of the southeastern United States. This region has the highest concentration of tornado fatalities and killer tornadoes, in part because of the high density of mobile homes. Findings reveal that today’s tornado warning system inadequately prepares mobile home residents to respond safely to tornadoes. The study offers recommendations for how to improve tornado communication for mobile and fixed home residents.
• Keywords:
  Atmospheric Science Global And Planetary Change Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Global And Planetary Change Global And Planetary Change
• Source:
  Weather, Climate, and Society, 11(3), 521-534
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-17-0080.1
• ISSN:
  1948-8327 ; 1948-8335
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  American Meteorological Society
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA15OAR4590237
• Rights Information:
  Other
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:535f7f998839a8404a3d52250b43c0a0d205a9cc16c58726955f660edc7ecf37
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/52389/noaa_52389_DS1.pdf
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