FEMA Natural Hazards Risk Index
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Source: https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/map
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This looks suspiciously like a population density map.
Apparently the calculation includes "Social Vulnerability", which looks very much like a population map. Which is probably why my city is yellow due to winter weather even though the surrounding counties are blue.
Yeah they should really call it the Disaster Risk Index because hazards are only part of the disaster equation, the other part is vulnerability.
A tornado in the ocean isn't a disaster.
Buffalo, eh?
If you select a county you can see what type of hazards the consider. I wondered especially about the county in NW TX (Lubbock) and saw that FEMA rates it high for things like wind, riverine flooding, winter weather, etc.
Thanks for sharing!
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