To require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out research and development to improve the understanding of how the public receives, interprets, and responds to and values hurricane forecasts and warnings, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · October 26, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
The Fixing Gaps in Hurricane Preparedness Act directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct extensive research on how the public receives, understands, and responds to hurricane forecasts and warnings. The legislation requires NOAA, working with the National Science Foundation, to study these issues across different demographic groups including elderly people, those with disabilities, non-English speakers, and residents in rural and urban areas. NOAA must identify data gaps, collect information on how people actually use hurricane warnings to make decisions, assess the economic value of improved warning times, and conduct cost-benefit analyses of potential improvements to forecast products. Additionally, the bill mandates that NOAA establish a pilot study within 180 days with an outside organization to survey hurricane-prone communities about their preparedness levels, including their access to warnings in native languages and their evacuation decisions. The research findings are intended to inform updates to hurricane products and services that can better help the public prepare for and respond to hurricanes.
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