Drought Impact Reporter

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Drought Impact Reporter

• Kelly Helm Smith
• Communication Specialist
• National Drought Mitigation Center

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7,029 Impacts as of 10-18-07
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Media Reports Received in 2007
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Compare Impacts with Physical Drought
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How Do People Use the Drought Impact Reporter?

• As a plea for help!
• Ground-truthing physical indicators
• Policymaking

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Plea for help from Wyoming
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Jack the Toad
July 4, 2006
August 1, 2006
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Add an Impact
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Impacts vs. Indicators

• Indicator
• Regular people can walk across the Platte River
  (low streamflow)
• Impact
• Fish waterfowl lose habitat, species
  populations reduced

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Impacts vs. Reports

• Impact Quantifiable, objectively verifiable,
  observable
• Report May express observations in subjective
  terms, showing high awareness an early
  indicator!

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Planned Feature Grabby Tools
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Planned Feature Boundaries
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Impact Categories
Planned
Current
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Ways to Compare Impacts
Count Categories
Count Impacts
Impacts per square mile
Impacts per capita
Impacts over density (population per square mile)
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Drought in 2006
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Impacts per Square Mile, 2006
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Impacts per Person per Sq Mi 06
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Drought in 2007
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Impacts per Square Mile, 2007
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Impacts per Person per Sq Mi 07
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Add an Impact New Improved!
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New Add an Impact, continued
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Declarations
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Relief
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Questions?
Robert Grace, 29 May 2004