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Item Disaster And Functional Priorities In Anchorage, Alaska(Disaster Research Center, 1967-04) Haas, J. Eugene; Yutzy, DanielThis article is a brief summary of a monograph describing and analyzing human behavior during the five-day post-impact emergency following the great Alaskan earthquake of 1964, Behavior was analyzed in terms of seven community processes: , Preservation of life, What are the important emphases and priorities A third activity given attention Very striking was the suspension of typical economic activity, leisure and recreation, emergency welfare activity. Where data were available, extensive chronologies of events were developed to show the pace and sequence of activities, The authors pose the question: What are the important emphases and priorities which emerge in a disaster? Preservation of life as expressed in search-and-rescue, and medical treatment was given immediate and sustained attention. Restoration of utilities and communications received priority attention. A third activity given attention soon after impact was maintenance of public order. Very striking was the suspension of typical economic activity (manufacture, distribution, sales, finance) and leisure. Activity in both of these areas received little attention until the emergency was under control. Finally, in a brief epilogue, the contribution of the Alaskan "frontier spirit" is discussed. A chronology of the various response activities in Anchorage is presented in a final section.Item Laboratory Simulation Studies of Organizational Behavior Under Stress(Disaster Research Center, 1964-08) Drabek, Thomas E.; Haas, J. EugeneItem Lessons Of The Alaskan Earthquake For Coping With Disaster(Disaster Research Center, 1967) Haas, J. EugeneItem Organizational Functioning in Disaster: A Preliminary Report(Disaster Research Center, 1966) Quarantelli, E. L.; Dynes, Russell R.; Haas, J. EugeneItem Organizational Response to an Explosion at Medina AEC Base, San Antonio, Texas, November 13, 1963(Disaster Research Center, 1964-01-02) Haas, J. EugeneThe materials presented in this report were secured as part of a "training mission" and should not be construed as the result of a systematic field study. The observations and statements presented are based on semistructured discussions with some of the higher eschelon personnel in each of the local organizations which were signicantly involved in the incident. Because the incident was a case of potential rather than actual disaster, the research effort was deliberately limited to obtaining a general rather than a detailed picture of what had occurred. Thus, the findings are presented as hypotheses rather than conclusions. The report includes a very brief summeary of the events surrounding an explosion on November 13, 1963 at the Medina Facility of the United States Atomic Energy Commission near San Antonio, Texas. Following the description several hypotheses are presented and their significance for organizational planning for emergency conditions is discussed.Item Some Preliminary Observation on Organizational Responses in the Emergency Period After The Niigata , Japan, Earthquake of June 16, 1964(Disaster Research Center, 1964-06) Dynes, Russell R.; Haas, J. Eugene; Quarantelli, E. L.Item Some Preliminary Observation On The Responses Of Community Organizations Involved In The Emergency Period Of The Alaskan Earthquake(Disaster Research Center, 1964-06) Haas, J. Eugene; Dynes, Russell R.; Quarantelli, E. L.