How the change works
- 01 / Public decision
Local plan
- 02 / Physical change
Transportation and reception
- 03 / Possible outcome
Actual evacuation
An alert must translate into feasible actions: transport, reception and support are part of the protection.
Research and local documents ↓What the evidence tells us
Caribbean hurricane management experiences show the value of local preparedness. Event reports also document how much intensity, rainfall, and exposure differ.
Putting the choices into practice
Information
The challengeGeneric warning
The responseLocal instructions
Mobility
The challengeGetting to the refuge on your own
The responseAssisted transport
Valuation
The challengeRanking between countries
The responseContext of each event
The diagram compares choices and conditions for putting them into practice. Measured outcomes and their limits are discussed in the evidence.
Research and local documents ↓Conditions and limits
Cuba and Haiti are not compared as if they had suffered the same hurricane under the same conditions. Haiti has also carried out evacuations.
Other possible benefits
Protection of people with fewer resources or mobility.
Research and local documents
- Local document and reported findingNOAA National Hurricane Center · Hurricane Matthew, 2016 ↗
Report of the event with trajectory, intensity and impacts on the territories crossed.
- Local project or policy documentUNDRR · Cuba, hurricane risk management ↗
Description of preparation and evacuation; not an experiment between equivalent countries.
