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"Earlier this month, Wellington declared a local state of emergency, including
evacuation orders, when forecast powerful swells threatened to inundate coastal
properties.
Hundreds of people evacuated, but when the damage and inundation remained
limited, mainstream and social media raised questions about whether the hazard
warning was an overreaction that risked creating “emergency warning fatigue”.
As extreme weather events are becoming more frequent as a consequence of
climate change, communities will be dealing with more hazard warnings. Some of
them may turn out to be too cautious.
Researchers are investigating why some people already fail to follow protective
orders in emergency warnings.
We argue a “relational governance” approach can address this issue by building
trust and shared responsibility between communities, experts and governing
bodies before and after events.
This concept provides a platform for effective communication, not just in the
lead-up to a hazardous event but also afterwards. This reduces the risk of
people taking warnings less seriously even when some turn out to be false
alarms."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
