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Risk and the production of symbolic safety: A study of weapons incineration in Anniston, Alabama
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This study qualitatively examined the perceptions and reactions to risk information and materials concerning a chemical weapons stockpile and incinerator in Anniston, Alabama. This information ...
Disasters and dropouts: The effect of disasters on Texas high school dropout and graduation rates 2010-2018
(2020-12)
Schools contain some of the most vulnerable populations in a community. When a disaster strikes, the focus is primarily on the physical damages caused by the event. Previous studies that use test scores to measure disaster ...
Exploratory Study of Preliminary Damage Assessments in Northern Illinois
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)
Preliminary damage assessments are conducted as a requirement for presidential disaster declarations. Historically the process of conducting damage assessments has been ignored by disaster literature. The implications of ...
Identification of tornado protective actions of Oklahoma State University students — A pilot study
(2020-05)
Tornadoes account for the most violent of all-natural atmospheric hazards known to mankind (National Weather Service 2008). On average, the United States experiences approximately 1,200 tornadoes annually (NWS 2008). They ...