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Wednesday, May 13, 2020. 2:00PM. Webinar: Measuring the Economic Impact of Preparedness during Severe Weather Events. Haydar Kurban and Jasmine Fuller, Howard University. Sponsored by NOAA's Weather Program Office and NOAA Central Library. More information here. 

This project utilizes information on preparedness for severe weather events from two national represented surveys (American Housing Survey supplement and FEMA National Household Survey) to study mitigating effects of preparedness on the economic costs of severe weather events. These data sets allow us to study the variations in preparedness across various geographies, socio-economic groups, and severe weather event types. In our empirical model we attempt to estimate the economic impact of preparedness on the economic costs of severe weather events.