Assignment:
Effective Warnings
According to Quarantelli (1990), O'Brien (2003) and the National Science and the Technology Council Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.(2000), what are the keys to effective warning messages to the public? (Focus on explaining two and cite the source for each)
Keep questions and references Separate 500 words each APA format.
Hurricane Floyd Evacuation
Read the articles "Ideas & Trends: The Perfect Traffic Jam; Hurricane Floyd: Lessons in the Evacuation" and "Hurricane Floyd - A Night To Remember, A Day Of Evacuation Frustration To Forget". Describe the unanticipated consequences of evacuation orders issued in advance of Hurricane Floyd in 1999. What assumptions do emergency officials make about citizen behavior? What are the lessons learned?