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Chapter 3
Disaster Reponse and Recover by David McEntire
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Undergraduate 3
02/09/2012

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exaggeration
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a simplistic overstatement about some type of phenomena
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looting
Definition
stealing others' personal belongings
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martial law
Definition
the replacing of civilian authority with that of the military
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myth
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a false belief
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panic
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people's inability to think clearly or their tendency to run frantically from buildings or the disaster scene
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price gouging
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the selling of goods and services at a price higher than the normal market rate
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role or post abandonment
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not showing up to work during an emergency
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shock
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a period of disbelief after a disaster that renders people unable to think or take care of themselves
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