Anderson Walsh - Natural Disaster: Much Space for Progress!

My article focused about The effects that natural disasters have on people and how cities and communities could do more to prepare. They discussed how on May 22, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri was his by a EF5 tornado and the damage from this tornado was devastating. It killed 162 people which broke the record of most people killed by a single tornado. The damage costs was estimated to be around 3 billion dollars. They brought up the point of how the time tornado warnings are issued could save many lives. They also discussed how many people disregard tornado warnings and don't take cover till it's too late. The big question was: If warnings can save lives, why are people so careless? they did research and found that some people disregard the warnings because there has been to many false alarms in the past and they don't believe that a tornado will come every time  a warning does out. "We also have learned that tornado warnings are most effective when warnings are frequently repeated, confirmatory, and perceived as credible by the public. In fact, access to many sources of information bolsters individual response to tornado warnings". (Caldas, Marcellus) They also found that household characteristics effect how the public may respond to a tornado warning. If you don't live near a warning source and have no way of knowing then that could also put you in a dangerous situation. Also, many people don't have a place to go. Proper tornado shelters inside your home are ideal but they are extremely expensive and many people aren't willing to spend that money and the poor are again at a disadvantage. Disabled and elderly people also tend to disregard warnings due to a cognitive process created by situational factors like being unable to move quickly and difficulty of hearing warmings. 

 Researchers claim that people that have been directly effected by a disaster are much more likely to seek shelter and heed to warnings while people who have never experience a disaster will tend to not abide by the warnings. But it really depends on the person and their physical and mental state that will decide whether they will abide by the warnings or face the consequences. 

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