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Evacuees’ information sources and reentry decision making in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike

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  • Chih-Chun Lin
  • Laura Siebeneck
  • Michael Lindell
  • Carla Prater
  • Hao-Che Wu
  • Shih-Kai Huang

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In the aftermath of a hurricane, local emergency managers need to communicate reentry plans to households that might be scattered over multiple counties or states. To better understand evacuees’ households’ reliance on different information sources at the time they decided to return home, this study collected data on reentry after Hurricane Ike. The results from a survey of 340 evacuating households indicated that there was low compliance with official reentry plans and that none of the information sources produced greater compliance with official reentry plans. Nonetheless, there were significant changes in the utilization of different sources of emergency information over the course of an evacuation but local news media remained the most common sources throughout the event. There also were significant differences in the relative importance of different sources of reentry information, with people relying most on information from peers. In summary, local authorities need to identify more effective ways to communicate with evacuees that have relocated to distant communities and to motivate them to comply with official reentry plans. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • Chih-Chun Lin & Laura Siebeneck & Michael Lindell & Carla Prater & Hao-Che Wu & Shih-Kai Huang, 2014. "Evacuees’ information sources and reentry decision making in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 70(1), pages 865-882, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:70:y:2014:i:1:p:865-882
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0853-1
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    1. Yuepeng Cui & Hao Xu & Kuangmin Gong, 2023. "A diversion routing optimization model for urban evacuation planning," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 116(2), pages 2399-2416, March.
    2. Hao-Che Wu & Michael Lindell & Carla Prater, 2015. "Strike probability judgments and protective action recommendations in a dynamic hurricane tracking task," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 79(1), pages 355-380, October.
    3. Cheng, John W. & Mitomo, Hitoshi, 2018. "Multi-channel information dissemination for disaster evacuees – the case of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan," 29th European Regional ITS Conference, Trento 2018 184937, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
    4. Laura Siebeneck & Ronald Schumann & Britt-Janet Kuenanz & Seungyoon Lee & Bailey C. Benedict & Caitlyn M. Jarvis & Satish V. Ukkusuri, 2020. "Returning home after Superstorm Sandy: phases in the return-entry process," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 101(1), pages 195-215, March.
    5. Hao-Che Wu, 2020. "Households disaster memory recollection after the 2013 Colorado flood," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 102(3), pages 1175-1185, July.

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