| A survey of four years of local newspapers over the island of Sardinia was
conducted. Articles were compared against meteorological observations in
order to understand how efficiently intense precipitation events are
perceived.
The comparison showed that, on a wide and heterogeneous area, public opinion
perceives correctly 44% of events and its perception is unbiased. If,
however, the focus is placed upon urban areas, the ability to perceive grows
to 66%, but an "overperception" of 33% arises. If focus is finally placed upon rural
areas, skills worsen, several events are missed and a significant negative
bias is detected. |