Minority Citizens in DisastersThe first study of its kind to address the issue of ethnic diversity, Minority Citizens in Disasters focuses on the responses of two minorities blacks and Mexican Americans relative to whites in three disaster events: a propane car derailment, a nitric acid spill, and a flood. Ronald Perry and Alvin Mushkatel find that response to initial warnings is influenced by the source of the information mass media, public authorities, or family and friends and