Cultural theory (CT) developed from grid/group analysis, which posits that different patterns
of social relations—hierarchist, individualist, egalitarian, and fatalist—produce compatible …

As ShakeAlert, the earthquake early warning system for the West Coast of the US, begins its
transition to operational public alerting, we explore how post-alert messaging might …

Understanding Public Hurricane Evacuation Decisions and Responses to Forecast and
Warning Messages in: Weather and Forecasting Volume 31 Issue 2 (2016) Jump to Content …

Warnings about impending hazards help to minimize the impacts and reduce the risk of the
hazard through encouraging an appropriate and timely behavioral response. Many …

Abstract Recommendations by the National Research Council (NRC), the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Weather-Ready Nation workshop participants …

This paper presents the results of an online survey of the New Zealand public (n= 1364),
conducted in 2015, that tested the influence of impact-based severe weather warnings on …

A detailed study of research on the psychology of expertise in weather forecasting, drawing
on findings in cognitive science, meteorology, and computer science. This book argues that …

This article uses data from an online survey-based experiment to investigate how risk
communications and individual differences influence people's responses to approaching …

Effective warning messages should tell people what they should do, how they should do it,
and how to maximize their health and safety. Guidance essentially delivers two types of …

Bad weather continues not only to inflict damage on property but also to kill and injure
people, despite significant advances in the predictive power of meteorological warnings …