Whats bad for the whole might be better for you.
People in the WTC were told to chill out, no worries, all is well. Screw that — if something hits the fan, I will gtfo.
People in the WTC were told to chill out, no worries, all is well. Screw that — if something hits the fan, I will gtfo.
Waiting on the third floor for a convention with atleast 200 people just in that one smaller area, all of the sudden, a live voice came over the intercom with instructions to immediately evacuate the building, all but essential staff. In my mind it seemed as serious as if there was an active shooter somewhere.
I was literally the only person in the group to fucking book it to a fire exit. Everybody else was just casually standing in line, like you seriously couldn't make up how serious they made the situation sound and how little just about everybody did to care.
It was over in about 5 minutes, I never heard any explanation as to why it had happened aside from a rumour that somebody was vaping in the lobby and did not leave when asked to. And this is like, the biggest hotel in DTLA, during a massive convention.
Not entirely relevant... but weird ass experience. People react to things strangely.
Not sure how to avoid that.
There are scientific practices behind the above. I suggest you get your country on board with those so that people take the alarm seriously.
Those procedures (plane evacuations, high-rises, ...) are designed for "best" conditions, when an emergency goes by the plan; but when something goes really wrong (plane breaks in two, huge building fire, ...), you better get out of there by any means.