The Unthinkable : : who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and why

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Denial -- Deliberation -- The decisive moment.

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Great for disaster junkies submitted by hathaway1066 on July 22, 2013, 9:05pm If you want to get a bit of deeper insight into disaster response(s)--on an individual level and otherwise--this is a great read. Very engaging with several stories of disasters, survivors' accounts, and so on, but also with input/commentary from experts about various aspects of how people respond, or how best to respond. For example, if I recall correctly, the first story is about 9-11 and how one woman escaped/evacuated from the towers. In the course of doing so she experience temporary blindness. The author, Ms. Ripley then discusses how/why that sort of response occurs. She is writing for a lay audience and doesn't have footnotes/citations etc. to back up all that she presents but she keeps an appropriate tone for the level of information, etc. that she's trying to present so it feels like solid information without being academic.

If you are drawn to the topic of disaster prep or response, this is a good one, but even if you have not special interest in that topic, you could read this on a trip for a beach book. (But--heh, heh--might not be the thing for a nervous flyer to start while on a long flight.)