Crying Wolf : repeat responses to hurricane evacuation orders / Kirtin Dow, Susan L. Cutter.

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TextPublication details: [United States?] : Taylor & Francis, c1998Description: p. 237-252 : ill., mapsSubject(s):

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363.349228109757 21

Subject: This article examines the evacuation behavior of residents in two South Carolina communities, Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach, during the 1996 hurricane season. Two hurricanes that approached South Carolina but hit in North Carolina allowed the study of the impact of repeated "false alarms" (evacuations ordered based on expectations of a hurricane landfall that proved to be wrong).

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	P363.3492281 CRY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011496181

Coastal management, 26: 237-252, 1998

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Includes bibliography (p. 251-252)

This article examines the evacuation behavior of residents in two South Carolina communities, Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach, during the 1996 hurricane season. Two hurricanes that approached South Carolina but hit in North Carolina allowed the study of the impact of repeated "false alarms" (evacuations ordered based on expectations of a hurricane landfall that proved to be wrong).

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