Results: The global impacts of #ElNino
Published on 01/08/2016
The heavens opened and the rain started.
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First big El Nino 2016 storm hit LA today, and there is more to come. While Californians prepare for the worst, there are other parts of the world that will also suffer. Check off which of the possible following events, that might occur, that you are aware of:
El Nino impacts the tropics, including Africa, Latin America and Asia that are particularly vulnerable to natural hazards.
33%
614 votes
El Nino impacts food security
29%
541 votes
El Nino impacts air water quality
29%
534 votes
El Nino impacts ecosystems and health infrastructure safety
29%
538 votes
El NIno is associated with associated with altered transmission patterns of vector-borne, rodent-borne and waterborne diseases, as well as fish and shellfish poisoning.
22%
397 votes
N/A
44%
808 votes
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El Nino has the potentiality to affect us all. If you weren't aware of this fact, will you do some research to see if El Nino will have any effect on your area?
Yes
15%
269 votes
I am already aware
34%
628 votes
Possibly
22%
412 votes
No
29%
535 votes
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Before this survey, did you think that El Nino was just a California thing?
Yes
10%
187 votes
No
69%
1278 votes
Undecided
9%
157 votes
Not Applicable
12%
222 votes
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