![]() ![]() In Ripley’s model the initial phase of lethargy and denial is in most cases followed by action. This fact alone proves the need for a book like this that attempts to dissect the actual behaviour of real people in the hope of reducing loss of life in the future. Evacuation took twice as long as the standard models had predicted. A study of World Trade Center survivors on 9/11 shows that they waited an average of six minutes before heading downstairs, wasting precious time shutting down computers and making calls. When disaster strikes people’s initial response is often one of lethargy rather than “flight”. Based on wide reading of the literature and detailed interviews with survivors, she produces a model of how those caught up in a disaster typically react, which challenges the commonsense view. Her goal is to understand what “regular people” do before, during and after such events, and to help more of us survive them. The new book from Amanda Ripley, a senior staffer for Time magazine, focuses on how people react in the face of disasters from earthquakes to plane crashes, bomb attacks to floods. ![]()
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