HILO — Are you prepared for a hurricane?
With the 2018 hurricane season now behind us, the state has mailed out surveys to some Hawaii residents asking how prepared they are to face a major hurricane.
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The state, through Honolulu consultants Solutions Pacific LLC and SMS Marketing Research, sent out 13,600 surveys to randomly selected households statewide, said Luke Meyers, executive officer for Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. The sample was disproportionately distributed to ensure that all counties are adequately sampled, he said.
About 400 of the 2,200 surveys the agency expects to be returned are from the Big Island.
The majority of this survey was also performed in 2009-2010 statewide. To a large extent, the agencies are tracking changes in behavior, preparedness, understanding, and attitudes, Meyers said.
The $65,000 cost of the mail survey is part of a larger contract to help the agencies improve policy development and communication effectiveness.
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Article source: https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/12/31/hawaii-news/state-surveys-community-on-hurricane-preparedness/
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