“…The primary goal of WEA messages is to prompt protective action; however, most previous studies have not looked at actual behaviour itself in response to these messages in real time. Rather, studies have depended on behavioural intentions mainly in hypothetical emergency situations, or they have asked people to recall retrospectively behavioural responses to emergency situations (Bean et al, ; Casteel & Downing, ; Sorensen, ; Wong, Jones, & Rubin, ; Wood et al, ). These studies are limited because behavioural intent in hypothetical situations may not accurately predict behavioural responses in actual situations (Lindell & Perry, ; Liu, Fraustino, & Jin, ; Nelson, Crumley, Fritzche, & Adcock, ; Perry, Lindell, & Greene, ; Sorensen, ).…”