Lessons Of The Alaskan Earthquake For Coping With Disaster
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Almost any planning is better than none. While the Alaskan experience suggests that no one could have developed plans which would have anticipated every community need and problem which followed the earthquake, nevertheless it should be clear by now that there are certain general problems which any community will face in a disaster and some preparation can be of great value when the community is stricken.
In the proceeding sections of this paper we have suggested some of the problems and demands which emerged following the Good Friday disaster in Alaska. In certain cases some general plans and procedures have been suggested on the assumption that while there are some unique characteristics to every community and some idiosyncratic elements to every disaster, nevertheless there are some common problems and therefore the possibility of common solutions.