On catastrophes and confusion, 9/11:

> Commander Anthony Barnes: That first hour was mass confusion because there was so much erroneous information. It was hard to tell what was fact and what wasn’t. We couldn’t confirm much of this stuff, so we had to take it on face value until proven otherwise.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/05/911-oral-history-flight-93-book-excerpt-228001

From an oral history of 9/11, at the White House.

The first sign/early stage of disaster is confusion.

#catastrophes #confusion #signsOfTrouble #informationOverload

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