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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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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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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