Emergent coordinative groups and women's response roles in the central Florida tornado disaster, February 23, 1998.

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TextSeries: Quick response report ; #110Publication details: [Boulder, Colo.] : University of Colorado, 1998Description: 11 pDDC classification:

363.34709759 21

Subject: Storms that swept across central Florida in the early morning hours of February 23, 1998, spawned the deadliest round of tornadoes on record in Florida. Ninety percent of Florida's tornadoes have winds under 72 miles per hour. However, according to the National Weather Service, due to the effects of El Nino atmospheric disturbances, the several tornadoes that struck Florida on February 23, contained wind speeds ranging from 210 mph to 260 mph. The authors visited Osceola County, Florida, on four different occasions for two days each in order to study this community's coordinated response to the tornado disaster. The research for this project was qualitative in design including document analysis, ethnographic interviewing and participant observation. Data was primarily collected through semi-structured, open-ended interviews. They interviewd emergency management organization personnel, government and non-profit disaster relief organization personnel and citizen/victims. In total, they conducted ten interviews

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Storms that swept across central Florida in the early morning hours of February 23, 1998, spawned the deadliest round of tornadoes on record in Florida. Ninety percent of Florida's tornadoes have winds under 72 miles per hour. However, according to the National Weather Service, due to the effects of El Nino atmospheric disturbances, the several tornadoes that struck Florida on February 23, contained wind speeds ranging from 210 mph to 260 mph. The authors visited Osceola County, Florida, on four different occasions for two days each in order to study this community's coordinated response to the tornado disaster. The research for this project was qualitative in design including document analysis, ethnographic interviewing and participant observation. Data was primarily collected through semi-structured, open-ended interviews. They interviewd emergency management organization personnel, government and non-profit disaster relief organization personnel and citizen/victims. In total, they conducted ten interviews

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