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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. There is thus no reason why BCM should not apply to public bodies. In the worst possible cases only 15-30 per cent of victims show passive and dazed reactions. See: Alexander, D.E.