familiarity breeds contempt?
Most Residents In Tornado
States Have Done Nothing
To Prepare
4-10-00
fema.gov
Washington, DC - While it's proven that anchoring devices, reinforced garage doors and other prevention measures can save lives and reduce damage from tornadoes, more than half of those recently surveyed have done nothing to safeguard themselves and their homes. In fact, 44 percent of those questioned - all residing in tornado-prone states - didn't know that actions taken before a disaster could prevent tornado damage.
The survey was conducted by Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster prevention initiative, and polled 282 adults living in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas. Of those responding, 56 percent had taken no prevention measures against tornadoes. (cont)
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