"Certain death" from storm surge: A comparative study of household responses to warnings about hurricanes Rita and Ike

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 425-433

  Wei, Hung Lung ^a   Lindell, Michael K ^a   Prater, Carla S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HURRICANE; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STORM DAMAGE; STORM SURGE;

GALVESTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945303749     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00074.1     Document Type: Article

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