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UNCLASSIFIEDDOC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL NO* /LMML7AQ-714 991 13/12 5/11 15/3OHIO STATE UNIV COLUMBUS LISASTER RESEARCH CENTERTHE *ARNING SYSTEM IN DISASTERSITUATIONS: A SELECTIVE ANALYSIS*(U)DESCRIPTIVE NOTEI RESEARCH REPT.,jUL 7U 78P MCLUcKIEsBENjAMIN Fe IREpT. NO. ORC-SER-9CUNTRACT: UCD-PS"64-46UNCLASSIFIED REPORTOLSCRIPTOmS: (9DISASTERS, *WARNING SYSTEMS),CIvIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS, SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,REACTIONIPSYCHOLOGY), FACTOR ANALYSIS,CLASSIFICATION, STATISTICAL UATA, TIME,MANAGEMENT PLANNING, DAMAGE, CONTROL SYSTEMS,THREAT EVALUATION, DECISION MAKING, DATAPROCESSING SYSTEMS9 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, NUCLEAREXPLOSIONS(U)IN MANY WAYS *ARNING CAN BE THE MOST IMPORTANTPHASE OF THE DISASTER RESPONSE. WARNING IS THOU.HTOF IqOT jUST IN TERMS OF MECHANICAL DEVICES BUT INTERMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL STRUCTURESAND PROCESSES. WARNING IS NOT ONLY ADVANCENOTIFICATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF DANGER BUT ALSOINFORMATION ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT, AVOID,OR MINIMIZE THE DAN4ER, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THEDISASTER AGENT -- FREQUENCY, SPEED OF ONSET, SCOPE OFIMPACT, DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL, ETC* o- AFFECT THEWARNING PROCESS, BEFORE A WARNING MESSAGE CAN BEISSUED, THREAT DATA MUST BE COLLECTED# COLLATED, ANDEVALUATED. THE REPORT EXAMINES NHAT IS INVOLVED INTHESE PROCESSES, INCLUDED AMONG THE FACTORSINFLUENCING RESPONSE ARE THE SOCIO-CULTuRALFRAME*ORK, THE HISTORICAL SETTINGe AND THE IMMEDIATEONGOING SOCIAL SITUATION. THE REPORT CONTAINS ADISCUSSION OF IMPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE.(AUTHOR)(U)134UNCLASSIFIED/ZMML7