When disaster strikes.

By:

Drabek, Thomas E., 1940-

Contributor(s):

Stephenson, John S [jt. auth.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1971Description: 17 p. : illSubject(s):

Subject: Warning responses are described on the basis of interviews with 278 randomly selected families who were evacuated from their homes prior to a flood in Denver, Colorado, on June 16, 1965. Response patterns are analyzed in detail for families who were geographically separated at the time initial warnings were received. Numerous implications for community disaster planning are explicated.

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Reprinted from Journal of Applied Social Psychology; Vol. 1 No. 2; 1971; pp187-203

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Warning responses are described on the basis of interviews with 278 randomly selected families who were evacuated from their homes prior to a flood in Denver, Colorado, on June 16, 1965. Response patterns are analyzed in detail for families who were geographically separated at the time initial warnings were received. Numerous implications for community disaster planning are explicated.

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