Public education plays an important role in reducing the effect of disasters by ____.?
a. ?increasing support of federal disaster relief
b. ?encouraging homeowners to accept more responsibility for disaster losses than businesses
c. ?making the public aware of dangers they may not understand fully
d. ?teaching people about the natural hazards in many different areas of the country
e. ?increasing local property taxes to pay for education programs
ANSWER: c
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