2004 Florida Hurricanes

A Tallahassee VOICESPerspective

Incurred Property Damage

17%

83%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Yes

No

Dollar Amount of Property Damage

9%

11%

22%

21%

37%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

0-200

201-500

501-1500

1501-3000

3001-5000

Friends/relatives Come to Stay*

* Have you had any friends/relatives from other areas come stay with you to escape hurricanes in the past six weeks?

28%

72%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Yes

No

Days Friends/relatives Stayed

74%

4%

22%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

0-4

5-9

10-14

Left House Because of Hurricanes/tropical Storms

6%

94%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Yes

No

“Wear Out” Effect*

49%

51%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Yes

No

*Was there a “wear out” effect over the course of the 4 hurricanes/tropical storms over the past 6 weeks? That is, did you take fewer actions and worry less for the 4th hurricane/tropical storm (Jeanne) than you did for some of the others?

Lost Power

86%

14%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Yes

No

Number of Times Power Was Lost

93%

1%

6%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

0-6

6-12

13 or more

Number of Hours Power Was Out*

* Thinking about all of the times you have lost power at home due to hurricanes/tropical storms over the past 6 weeks, approximately how many hours was your power out for all 4 hurricanes?

7%

6%

6%

9%

32%

17%

23%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

0-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

21-25

26-30

30 or more

Number of Days Work Cancelled

14%

2%

1%

24%

46%

13%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

0

1

2

3

4

5 or more

Lost Power at Work

39%

15%

46%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Yes

No

No/Don'tWork

Number of Times Power Lost at Work

7%

6%

34%

18%

35%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

1

2

3

4

5 or more

Number of Hours Power Was Out at Work*

* Thinking about all of the times you have lost power at work due to hurricanes/tropical storms over the past 6 weeks, approximately how many hours was your power out for all 4 hurricanes.

11%

3%

2%

13%

37%

5%

29%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

0-3

4-6

7-9

10-12

13-15

16-18

19 or more

Electricity provider

76%

1%

23%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

City ofTallahassee

TalquinElectric

Cooperative

Not Sure

Rating Electricity Provider

12%

5%

2%

11%

28%

42%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

I have had no outages

Excellent

Very good

Good

Fair

Poor

Watched the Weather Channel

93%

7%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Yes

No

TWC Was Accurate in Predicting Impact*

•The Weather Channel has been accurate in predicting the impact of hurricanes on the Leon County area.

2%

4%

7%

25%

62%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don't Know

TWC Overstated Impact to Boost Ratings

14%

10%

9%

43%

24%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don't Know

TWC’s Reporters Trying to Win Awards*

* Some of The Weather Channel’s reporters appear to be trying to win awards for how dramatic they are doing hurricane coverage.

3%

7%

34%

19%

37%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don't Know

Represents Opinion

10%

19%

16%

55%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

TWC has gainedcredibililty based onits recent hurricane

coverage

TWC's recenthurricane coveragehas had no impact

on its credibility

TWC has lostcredibility based onits recent hurricane

coverage

Other