TABLE 4.
Main source of severe winter weather information and preferred warning time before an extreme cold event among residents in Burleigh County, North Dakota, in the CASPER survey conducted on April 10–11, 2012.
| Frequency (n = 188) |
Households (%) | Projected number of households |
Weighted % (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main information source for severe winter weather | ||||
| Television | 149 | 79.3 | 27 839 | 81.0 (73.8–88.1) |
| Internet | 11 | 5.9 | 2036 | 5.9 (1.8–10.1) |
| NOAA weather radio | 9 | 4.8 | 1717 | 5.0 (0.6–9.4) |
| Commercial radio station | 15 | 8.0 | 1627 | 4.7 (1.4–8.0) |
| Neighbor/friend/family/word of mouth | 2 | 1.1 | 593 | 1.7 (0.0–4.2) |
| Other* | 2 | 1.1 | 559 | 1.6 (0.0–4.0) |
| Preferred warning time before EC event | ||||
| Less than 6 h | 15 | 8.0 | 2634 | 7.7 (3.7–11.6) |
| 6 to <24 h | 70 | 37.2 | 13 765 | 40.0 (28.6–51.5) |
| 1–2 days | 85 | 45.2 | 15 433 | 44.9 (34.6–55.2) |
| 3 or more days | 14 | 7.4 | 2062 | 6.0 (1.7–10.3) |
*
Other information sources given included looking outside (n = 1) and other unspecified reason (n = 1).
Totals may not add to 100% because of rounding and missing data.