Totala		Reported previous evacuation for past hurricane or disaster			Reported evacuation for Hurricane Florence before landfall (< 9/14/18)
	N	Percent	N	Percentb	χ2	N	Percentb	χ2
Sources of emergency communications
Television
Yes	88	70%	10	11%	0.47	56	64%	1.34
No	38	30%	6	16%		20	53%
Radio
Yes	34	27%	3	9%	0.63	18	53%	1.06
No	92	73%	13	14%		58	63%
Website
Yes	27	21%	6	22%	2.81*	18	67%	0.58
No	99	79%	10	10%		58	59%
Text
Yes	46	36%	4	9%	1.05	26	57%	0.44
No	80	64%	12	15%		50	63%
Friend/relative
Yes	43	34%	4	9%	0.68	26	60%	0.001
No	83	66%	12	14%		50	60%
Level of satisfaction with emergency alerts and communications about Hurricane Florence
Extremely	33	47%	8	24%	9.03**	15	45%	1.83
Somewhat	21	30%	5	24%		12	63%
A little	10	14%	3	30%		6	60%
Not at all	6	9%	5	83%		3	60%
Level of worry of hurricane’s impact on personal safety
Extremely	93	47%	18	20%	2.32	58	63%	5.39
Somewhat	34	17%	6	18%		18	56%
A little	28	14%	3	11%		18	64%
Not at all	44	22%	11	25%		18	43%
Level of worry of hurricane’s impact on home
Extremely	107	58%	19	18%	7.33*	68	64%	4.40
Somewhat	28	15%	2	7%		13	46%
A little	15	8%	6	40%		9	64%
Not at all	35	19%	8	23%		17	49%
Timing of evacuation
Before or on 9/12/18	68	35%	18	26%	4.50
9/13/18	45	23%	7	16%
9/14/18	26	13%	4	15%
9/15–16/18	29	15%	3	10%
9/17–19/19	15	8%	3	20%
On or after 9/20/18	12	6%	2	17%
Needs during evacuation
Medications or medical care
Yes	41	56%	9	23%	1.94	21	57%	0.18
No	32	44%	12	38%		16	52%
Water or food
Yes	18	25%	2	12%	3.26*	6	38%	2.41
No	55	75%	19	35%		31	60%
Reasons for evacuating to a shelter
No transportation to leave area
Yes	79	39%	17	22%	0.50	38	48%	5.28**
No	121	61%	21	34%		75	65%
No family or friends to stay with
Yes	139	70%	29	21%	0.93	70	51%	14.57***
No	61	31%	9	15%		45	79%
Wanted to stay close to home
Yes	114	60%	14	12%	8.25***	65	57%	0.30
No	77	40%	22	29%		44	61%
Needed access to medical care
Yes	70	35%	14	20%	0.046	38	54%	0.71
No	129	65%	24	19%		75	60%
Could not afford other place to stay
Yes	126	65%	19	15%	2.79*	73	60%	0.66
No	68	35%	17	25%		36	54%
Needed place for pets
Yes	43	34%	7	16%	0.40	23	53%	0.89
No	82	66%	10	12%		51	62%