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Key Survey Results
Communications:
❖ Most respondents indicated that text messaging, telephone, radio, and
television are the most important means of communicating with
citizens.
Reasons why individuals/families do not evacuate:
❖ Most respondents indicated that the major reasons are:
✓ Staying to protect their home
✓ A sense of no need to evacuate (riding it out)
✓ They have nowhere to go
What worked best during Hurricane Florence:
❖ The various means of communications. The utilized communications
methods were considered effective.
Opportunities to improve based on response to Hurricane
Florence:
❖ Although communication methods were effective, additional modes
of communication were a major opportunity for future improvement.
Securing additional funding and resources for impacted families was
also noted as a needed future improvement.
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