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Every disaster left misery to whom experience it.  There is no exception to flood disaster.  Every year, about hundred thousands of habitant in Kampung Melayu and Kelapa Gading experience flood hazard during November until February.  Even though they suffer every year, they still remain residing in the same location.  However, they have many reasons still remain be resident there.  For that, they always prepare their self in anticipating flood every year.  The objective of this research then is to identify flood hazardous anticipation of inhabitants who live in two locations in Jakarta Indonesia, i.e. Kampung Melayu and Kelapa Gading, which are flood stricken most frequently.  A self-administered questionnaire was prepared.  A five-point bipolar scale with anchors points not at all and totally as well open question was provided to assess the participants' reactions to almost each item.  In addition to that, questionnaire also assembled with demography questions.  The participants to the survey were recruited through convenience sampling. That is, questionnaires were distributed to a person who is available at the time data collection. Data collected further was summarized using cross tabulation and analyzed using non parametric test SPSS to test the hypothesis.  Various anticipation which

have been performed by inhabitants are discussed deeply.

Key Words : flood, hazardous, anticipation, Kampung Melayu, Kelapa Gading