Table 1. All-hazards inherent resilience before 1970.



Anticipation	Reduced Vulnerability	Respond	Recovery

relocate inland	relocate inland	shift fisheries to safe areas	local fishing/hunting season limits
request state studies of ecological damage		buyers exclude tainted catch	law suits
		family aid	family aid
		personal economic diversification	file for unemployment
		suppress negative news	local funds for restoring fisheries
			local funding to rebuild houses


Sources: This table organizes oil spill related actions using Wilbanks’ (2008) four elements of resilience. It was prepared using local ethnographic and disaster response literature and primary sources that document coping practices following past coastal disruptions. The sources include: Fogelman 1958, Bates et al. 1963, Plaquemines Parish Council Records 1970, St. Bernard Parish Council Records 1970, Comeaux 1972, Burley et al. 2007, Colten and Sumpter 2009, Burley 2010, Colten 2011, Colten and Giancarlo 2011, and Theriot 2011. Reviews of the following newspapers for their coverage of the spills also provided important historical information: Galveston Daily News, Houston Chronicle, Lake Charles American Press the New Orleans Times Picayune, and the Plaquemines Gazette.