Contingencies Affecting the Issuing Of Public Disaster Warnings at Crescent City, California
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1964
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Disaster Research Center
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Adequate prior warning of impending disaster can save many lives and
alleviate property loss. However, when a community or an area is fore-warned and the predicted disaster does not materialize a very negative public reaction toward the officials who issued can develop. This is especially
true where evacuation procedures are carried out.
Previous disaster studies have indicated that repeated instances of warning not followed by some
visible danger cues, result in disbelief or nonacceptance by people in general.
As in Aesop's fable, the cry, "Wolf!" repeated too often without subsequent validation ultimately produces a response of either inaction or active rejection.
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Keywords
Public Disaster Warning, Crescent City, California, Observations