by Washington (AP) – Most of the US -growing people who have experienced great floods in the past five years believe that according to surveys at the beginning of this year, climate change was at least one partial cause before the fatal floods in Texas.
While the Americans of the Federal Government’s view largely believed that the federal government should play an important role in the preparation and response to natural disasters, an analysis of the latest AP-NORC surveys shows less consensus whether the government should be involved in combating climate change in order not to try out the extreme weather.
The surveys of the Associated Press-Norc Center for Public Affairs Research were carried out in February and June, before catastrophic floods in Texas were killed more than 100 people on July fourth on July fourth and missed others. The surveys showed that the Americans generally had a high degree of trust in the national weather service and their local weather forecast, and most were of the opinion that the federal government should play a central role in the warnings of the Americans.
This trust could now be undermined, since the officials are on checking the flood preparations and the time of warnings and evacuations. Although meteorologists warn that the climate change caused by humans can make bad storms worse, it is unclear whether the general views of climate change and the role of the government are changed in the control.
Many have experienced the youngest larger floods
According to the survey in February, around 2 out of 10 Americans have given up great floods in recent years. And among them said about 7 out of 10 that climate change was at least a partial cause of the recent weather events they experienced.
This is in line with the proportion of Americans who have been affected by a storm event in the past five years, including extreme heat, droughts, hurricanes or extreme cold.
Those who lived in the northeast and south rather said that they had personally affected by great floods in recent years.
Most see a role for the government in persecution of weather events
About 7 out of ten Americans believe that the federal government should play an “important role” in the persecution of weather events and that people should warn of them.
This includes about 8 out of 10 Democrats compared to about two thirds of Republicans.
According to the survey in June, about 8 out of ten Americans want the government to help affected communities and have contributed to the reconstruction of the efforts. However, there was less agreement on whether the government should combat climate change in order to try not to make the extreme weather worse.
A little more than half, 56%, say the adults of US -Serbenigen that the government should play a key role in combating climate change to try to prevent extreme weather. Scientists said that climate change had led to frequent and more extreme changes in the weather patterns. About 8 out of 10 Democrats say that the government should play an important role in combating climate change compared to 3 out of 10 Republicans.
The confidence in the national weather service was high in front of the floods
After the catastrophe, the national weather service and the local officials did not agree who was ultimately responsible for the lack of awareness of the severity of the flood.
The AP-NORC surveys showed that the Americans placed a relatively high degree of trust in the national weather service and their local weather report before the floods in Texas. In the June survey, approximately 4 out of 10 US -growing people said that they were “very” or “very” safe in the national weather service or in their local weather provider. About 4 out of 10 goods in the national weather service or in their local weather report “somewhat confident”.
The confidence in the Federal Education Authority was lower. Before the floods, only about 2 out of 10 US people said that they were “extreme” or “very” confident in the Fema, while about 4 out of 10 said they were “something” confident.
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