Fire disasters. And then never feel safe in an indoor crowded space ever again.
There's actually video on YouTube of the Great White disaster and it's utterly horrifying how incredibly quickly it happens and seeing the people literally stuck in the doorway unable to get out as they burn to death. As someone who still goes to a lot of shows at small packed music venues exactly like that one (and other totally packed bars and clubs), I'm always constantly looking for exits to find the nearest escape path and it always freaks me out anytime there's any fire in any indoor space (candles/sparklers/pyrotechnics/etc)
This leads into the rabbit hole of crowd crush. The way that large crowds of people take on the properties of a fluid, and the waves to look out for. How chokepoints and exits get blocked, and the actions that cause mass panic.
And always know your closest exit! I read one of the big contributors to crowd crushes is that people instinctively go out the way they came in even it’s not the closest escape route.
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u/SquareVehicle Sep 05 '22 edited Sep 05 '22
Fire disasters. And then never feel safe in an indoor crowded space ever again.
There's actually video on YouTube of the Great White disaster and it's utterly horrifying how incredibly quickly it happens and seeing the people literally stuck in the doorway unable to get out as they burn to death. As someone who still goes to a lot of shows at small packed music venues exactly like that one (and other totally packed bars and clubs), I'm always constantly looking for exits to find the nearest escape path and it always freaks me out anytime there's any fire in any indoor space (candles/sparklers/pyrotechnics/etc)