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Should I stay or should I go: timing affects hurricane evacuation decisions

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageEverybody's leaving New Orleans ahead of Katrina.Rick Wilking / Reuters

This article is part of The Conversation’s series this month on hurricanes. You can read the rest of the series here.

In the US, the 2015 hurricane season begins against a backdrop of other recent extreme weather news. Texas floods and Midwest tornadoes remind us of what...

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