Every Picture Tells a Story

Using maps and other visual aids, chapter three tells a story that describes the region, the communities that were impacted, and the locations and characteristics of the disaster survivors that the authors talked with in this study. A number of important questions are addressed in this chapter: What were the sociodemographic and socioeconomic aggregate profiles of these communities, and how were they related to determining the pathway of displacement and recovery for the survivors? What were the socio-spatial characteristics of specific outcomes among survivors (e.g., displacement options, attitudes about disruption and destruction, resilience perceptions, climate change attitudes, etc.)? Finally, the chapter examines how we can do a better job in the modern Facebook and Twitter world to tell the story of survivors and their disaster experiences.