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PAPERBACK price:$19.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment Other Related Titles Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987: An Evaluation of the Warning System (1991) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "References." Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987: An Evaluation of the Warning System. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1991. Please select a format: Page 33   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. References Drabek, T.E. 1986 . Human System Response to Disaster . An Inventory of Sociological Findings . New York : Springer-Verlag . Perry, R.W. 1987 . Disaster preparedness and response among minority citizens . Pp. 135-151 in Sociology of Disasters. Contribution of Sociology to Disaster Research , R. R. Dynes , B. De Marchi , and C. Pelanda , eds. Milano, Italy : Franco Angeli . Perry, R. W. , M. Greene , and A. Mushkatel . 1983 . American Minority Citizens in Disaster . Final Report . National Science Foundation . Seattle, Washington: Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers . RECOMMENDED READING Mileti, D. S. , T. E. Drabek , and J. E. Hass . 1975 . Human Systems in Extreme Environments: A Sociological Perspective. Boulder: University of Colorado, Institute of Behavioral Research . Page 33 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-4) 1 The Tornado and Its Effects (5-12) 2 Tornado Preparedness Activities (13-17) 3 Tornado Warning Activities (18-21) 4 Tornado Warning Dissemination (22-28) 5 Observations, Recommendations, and Conclusions (29-32) References (33-34) Appendix A Summary of Deaths in the Saragosa Tornado (35-35) Appendix B Eyewitness Accounts (36-38) Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland (39-40) Appendix D Meteorological Information on the Saragosa Tornado (41-50) Appendix E Chronology of Releases on West Texas Weather Wire (51-54) Appendix F Palestine, Texas, Tornado, November 15, 1987 (55-59) Photo: The Saragosa, Texas, Tornado (60-60)

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NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES: SARAGOSA, TEXAS, TORNADO References Drabek, T.E. 1986 . Human System Response to Disaster . An Inventory of Sociological Findings . New York : Springer-Verlag . Perry, R.W. 1987 . Disaster preparedness and response among minority citizens . Pp. 135-151 in Sociology of Disasters. Contribution of Sociology to Disaster Research , R. R. Dynes , B. De Marchi , and C. Pelanda , eds. Milano, Italy : Franco Angeli . Perry, R. W. , M. Greene , and A. Mushkatel . 1983 . American Minority Citizens in Disaster . Final Report . National Science Foundation . Seattle, Washington: Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers . RECOMMENDED READING Mileti, D. S. , T. E. Drabek , and J. E. Hass . 1975 . Human Systems in Extreme Environments: A Sociological Perspective. Boulder: University of Colorado, Institute of Behavioral Research .

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