scholarly journals The association between actual and perceived flood risk and evacuation from Hurricane Irene, Beaufort County, North Carolina

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Wallace ◽  
C. Poole ◽  
J.A. Horney
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Hurricane Irene ◽  
Beaufort County

Category change and risk perception: Hurricane Irene and coastal North Carolina

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 467 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Pace, MA ◽  
Burrell Montz, PhD
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Outer Banks ◽  
Hurricane Irene ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
False Sense ◽  
Beaufort County ◽  
Extent Of Damage

Objective: This research explores variations in risk perception with location and changes in the intensity of a hurricane (Hurricane Irene in 2011). Design: Surveys were mailed to a random sample of 601 year-round residents of two counties in coastal North Carolina. Within each county, areas were chosen based on their risk with respect to wind or storm surge; an equal number of surveys were sent to each area. A 31 percent return rate was achieved.Setting: Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Beaufort County on the Inner Banks were chosen as study areas because of the nature and extent of damage incurred from Hurricane Irene.Main Outcome Measure: Because Hurricane Irene was downgraded before it made landfall in North Carolina, it was anticipated that residents would perceive themselves to be at less risk to hurricane-related hazards with differences related to location on the Atlantic Ocean or on the Sound.Results: Little difference was found between the Inner and Outer Banks locations such that all reported the change in intensity influenced their perceptions by reducing the sense of risk. This varied somewhat, but not significantly, by hazard area.Conclusions: The downgrading of Hurricane Irene created a false sense of security. Residents of the study area believed themselves to be at low risk and were unlikely to evacuate, despite warnings. The long duration of the event, however, led to significant damages, surprising many, and suggesting the need to emphasize impacts in messaging, no matter the storm intensity.

Up to My Neck in Deliveries

Lovie ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Yarger
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Home Birth ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Home Births ◽  
The North ◽  
Dark Ages ◽  
County Health Department ◽  
Hospital Births ◽  
Beaufort County ◽  
At Home

Lovie’s marriage takes her to the North Carolina town of Washington, where she takes a job with the Beaufort County Health Department and starts attending home births on the side. Lovie describes working under the granny law, given that North Carolina had no law at the time to regulate the practice of nurse-midwifery. At her job, she faces opposition from nursing colleagues prejudiced against midwifery who claim she is taking their profession “back to the dark ages.” Her prejudices against hospital births deepen after she has two babies at home and two in the hospital. This chapter also discusses Lovie’s departure from the health department in 1957 to embark on a solo home birth practice and chronicles the death of her husband, Marshall Shelton.

Individual Actual or Perceived Property Flood Risk: Did it Predict Evacuation from Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina, 2003?

Risk Analysis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Horney ◽  
Pia D.M. MacDonald ◽  
Marieke Van Willigen ◽  
Philip R. Berke ◽  
Jay S. Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Hurricane Isabel

Structure Specific Flood Risk Based Insurance

2017 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 1750011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Kunreuther ◽  
John Dorman ◽  
Scott Edelman ◽  
Chris Jones ◽  
Marilyn Montgomery ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Loss Reduction ◽  
Hazard Maps ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Imaging Detection ◽  
Price Insurance

This paper highlights the importance of developing accurate flood hazard maps to price insurance effectively and to communicate flood risk to interested parties. Risk-based insurance premiums can encourage insurance purchase and investment in cost effective mitigation measures. We undertake a study using light imaging detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology and depth damage curves to determine risk-based rates for residential structures in three counties in the state of North Carolina. We then compare these prices with current premiums charged to homeowners by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for 11,915 single-family residences. NFIP premiums are significantly higher than risk-based premiums for over 90 percent of the homes in each of the counties in our study. Risk-based prices are higher than NFIP premiums only in instances where buildings are predicted to suffer damage from more frequent, shallow floods that are currently not considered explicitly in NFIP premium calculations. Accurate flood maps are needed to determine cost-effective loss reduction measures and to address issues of affordability and fairness for homeowners currently living in flood-prone areas.

Asthma-Related Emergency Department Visits in North Carolina Following Hurricane Irene

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Kristen N. Cowan ◽  
Audrey F. Pennington ◽  
Kanta Sircar ◽  
W. Dana Flanders
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Generalized Linear Model ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Hurricane Irene ◽  
Asthma Exacerbations ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Ed Visits ◽  
Disaster Declarations ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Objective: Previous research suggests that people with asthma may experience a worsening of symptoms following hurricanes due to changes in environmental exposures, discontinuity in chronic disease management, and stress. The objective of this study was to estimate changes in asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits in North Carolina following Hurricane Irene, which made landfall in August 2011. Methods: Changes in asthma-related ED visits in September to December of 2010 and 2011 were examined using data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Emergency Department and Inpatient Databases. A Poisson generalized linear model was used to estimate the association between Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declarations following Hurricane Irene and county-level asthma-related ED visits controlling for month, year, and county. Results: Following Hurricane Irene, disaster declarations were made for 38 of 100 counties in North Carolina. In September 2010, the rate of asthma-related ED visits for North Carolina was 6 per 10,000 person-months. In September 2011, rates of asthma-related ED visits were similar in counties with and without disaster declarations (7 and 5 per 10,000 person-months, respectively). When adjusting for covariates, there was little or no difference in the rate of asthma ED visits before and after the hurricane between counties with and without a disaster declaration (rate ratio {RR} [95% confidence interval {CI}] = 1.02[0.97, 1.08]). Conclusions: Although risk factors for asthma exacerbations increase following hurricanes, these results found little evidence of an increase in asthma-related ED visits in North Carolina following Hurricane Irene.

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