We first present a simple comparison of the time trends of individual beliefs in the existence of global climate change (CCB) for respondents with different levels of flood experience measured by distance to the flooded area (Table 2). These descriptive data show that (a) respondents close to the flooded areas have lower levels of CCB, regardless of the time period, (b) the mean of CCB increases over time, regardless of location of respondents, and (c) the time trend is more positive for respondents living close to the flooded areas, at least if the radius around the flooded areas is sufficiently small.