Telephone surveys of nearly 1,200 homeowners are being evaluated to understand their preparedness activities and evacuation decision-making behavior in the face of a pending hurricane. Results will be compared to pre-Hurricane Andrew behavior to better determine the most effective devices to encourage wise mitigation choices. More educated and higher income populations tend to be more well prepared. Though less than half of the homeowners had hurricane shutters for some or all of their windows, the majority in the potential path of the storm used them.
More results are pending analysis.