Disasters
» Disasters, Volume 4, Issue 5, 2004
2. Over the last three years, what was the most costly type of natural disaster, including any fire, to strike your business even if you didn’t have to close, OR during that time haven’t you really experienced a disaster?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earthquake, landslide, sinkhole | 0 | ||
| 2 | Flood | 4 | ||
| 3 | Tornado, hurricane, typhoon | 3 | ||
| 4 | Wind or hale storm | 3 | ||
| 5 | Fire | 2 | ||
| 6 | Blizzard, ice storm, or extreme cold | 11 | ||
| 7 | Drought or extreme heat | 2 | ||
| 8 | Terrorism (9-11) | 1 | ||
| 9 | Power outage | 3 | ||
| 10 | Rain, lightning | 1 | ||
| 11 | Other | 1 | ||
| 12 | None, not experienced | 70 | ||
| 13 | DK/Refuse | 0 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 752 | |||
Notes: Eleven (11) percent of small employers who experienced a natural disaster in the last three years (whether or not closed for 24 hours) cite winter-based storms as the most costly type (Q#2).
