Quote From: melissanemI am a senior year college student(have been working on this bachelors degree fro 25 years!) and will start the Ph.D program next year. I would like to do some work on the people/the rescuers of hurricanes. I had this idea last week and was glad to see you guys did something with it. 
I haven't been able to locate any peer-reviewed journal articles on this subject. Do you know of any published work? Is there any way I couldwork with you on this? 
Thank you for your time. 
If you're serious about doing research, you need to familiarize yourself with some key research databases. If you are unfamiliar with them now, you'll need to get there if you're going to get into any PhD program. Here's a start -- try the Inter-University Consortium on Political and Social Research database at www.icpsr.umich.edu