Research Webinar: Understanding How Flood Information is Communicated in Rutland County, VT

In this webinar, Dr. Anne Jefferson, Dr. Elizabeth Doran, and Dr. Lakelyn Taylor from the University of Vermont provide an overview of their NOAA-funded, Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH) project analyzing flood communication in local communities. The talk focuses specifically on Rutland County, VT as the researchers share the community network diagram they created based on the interviews and focus groups conducted in Rutland County. The talk also explores message-related content such as recommended actions, when messages were received/shared, and barriers to receiving/sharing flood messages. The aim of this webinar is to demonstrate how flood information is communicated in a smaller, local community.