Citation

Perry JB. Int. J. Mass Emerg. Disasters 1988; 6(3): 253-281.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, International Sociological Association, International Research Committee on Disasters)

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Abstract

Harry Estill Moore came to the study of disaster late in his life and academic career. Yet, in only a few years he made an impact upon the field which had lasted some thirty years and showed signs of continuing to be influential. It is the purpose of this article to review and discuss this influence especially as it is expressed in his book, Tornadoes Over Texas: A Study of Waco and San Angelo In Disaster, which was published in 1958 by the University of Texas Press. TOT is a report of several years of research carried out during the 1950s in the Sociology Department at the University of Texas by The "Waco-San Angelo Disaster Study" project directed by Harry E. Moore. It was established to study the consequences of the tornadoes which hit Waco and San Angelo on May 11, 1953. TOT, one of the publications of the project, is broad in scope and includes topics such as the tornadoes as events, the damage they caused, the financial and other costs, legal and governmental problems, age and race differences, the treatment of the disasters in the media, and detailed case study materials.