People's responses to Martin's "what would you do" posts coupled with me just finishing 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers has got me thinking. I'm not sure what it is like at all y'alls places of work, but we rarely know why the fire alarm has gone off until well after we get the all-clear signal to return to work. A similar thing occurred in the Twin Towers. Surprisingly few people realized that a plane hit the first building and even fewer knew planes hit both. Reading that book, I was stunned at how little information/communication was available to the people in the buildings. This caused a lot of delay in the evacuations, leading to loss of life.

So what is my point? I'm not sure other than wondering if everyone really grabs their gear everytime there's an evacuation. When you are heading for the exit do you know why?

-Blast