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100			_aShowalter, Pamela S.
245			_aResponding to "unconventional" millennial predictions
260			_c1998
300			_ap.273-80
520			_aIn the past, predictions of impending natural disasters have captured public attention for a variety of reasons. When such predictions gain momentum, they can have serious consequences for those to whom the public turns for advice, information, and comfort. Over the next few years, it is anticipated that predictions anchoring on the arrival of the millennium will appear and gain notoriety. Research has shown, however, some commonalties among predictions and predictors, as well as how to effectively transmit risk information to the public. The purpose of this paper is to provide those responding to unconventional predictions of imminent disaster a framework within which to guide their actions. - Reproduced
650			_aPredictive validity
650			_aDisasters
650			_aForecasting
773			_aDisaster Prevention and Management: an International Journal
909			_a40468
999			_c40468 _d40468