Families in Disaster: Reactions and Relatives

Factors Associated with Hurricane Evacuation in North Carolina

“…Although it has been a consistent predictor of evacuation in the published literature (Drabek 1969;Drabek and Boggs 1968;Edwards et al 2001;Gladwin and Peacock 1997;Killian 1954;Lindell and Hwang 2008;Lindell and Perry 2004;Moore et al 1963;Riad and Norris 1998;Wilkinson and Ross 1970;Windham et al 1977;Whitehead et al 2001), the perception of risk of damage from either flooding or high winds was not associated with evacuation in this study (Horney 2010). This leads us to ask: How bad must respondents perceive conditions are before they decide to evacuate?…”

“…Official watches, warnings, and evacuation orders are generally related to evacuation (Baker 2000;Drabek 1969;Edwards et al 2001;Gladwin and Peacock 1997;Moore et al 1963;Whitehead et al 2000;Wilkinson and Ross 1970). However, several studies indicate that personal communications with family, friends, and co-workers and first-hand assessments of the dangers are even more important to the evacuation decision than official warnings (Drabek and Boggs 1968;Killian 1954;Windham, Ross and Spencer 1977). Recent studies have reported significant associations between evacuation and gender (Bateman and Edwards 2002;Gladwin 2005;Lindell, Lu and Prater 2005;Whitehead et al 2001), race (Riad et al 1999;Van Willigen et al 2005), having children at home (Lindell et al 2005) and special medical needs Van Willigen et al 2002), although www.intechopen.com overall, associations between personal characteristics and hurricane evacuation have been inconsistent in the published literature (Baker 1991).…”

“…Individuals look to others during an emergency for tangible assistance with evacuation, such as transportation, as well as for emotional support. When warnings or evacuation orders are issued, families tend to gather at home to reach consensus about what action to take (Drabek and Boggs 1968;Drabek and Stephenson 1971;Moore et al 2004) and prefer to go to the homes of friends or relatives rather than public shelters (Aguirre 1994;Mileti, Sorensen and O'Brien 1992;Moore et al 2004). For example, studies completed 1 year after Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and 6 months after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 found that perceived social support was a strong predictor of evacuation (Riad et al 1999).…”

Natural disaster and household recovery in the aftermath of hurricane Andrew : a case study of four Hispanic households in South Miami Heights

“…One of the most frequent types offered by the non-residential relatives of disaster victims is temporary shelter (Bolin and Trainer 1978;Drabek and Boggs 1968;Drabek and Key 1984). Not surprisingly, food and clothing follow temporary shelter in frequency, though, of course, these three are quite probably offered together more often than not (Erickson et al,).…”

“…Many researchers (Bolin and Trainer 1978;Drabek and Boggs 1968;Drabek and Key 1984;Erickson et al, 1976) have reported that shelter is the predominant type of aid that individuals provide for kin affected by a disaster. In this vein, Drabek and Key (1984:90) (Erickson et al, 1976:209).…”