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Why Ike’s Evacuation Orders Failed
September 28, 2008 | National Geographic

In advance of Hurricane Ike’s landfall near Galveston, Texas, the National Weather Service issused a warning of “certain death” for people who did not evacuate certain areas. Why did tens of thousands of people ignore the evacuation order?


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