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WTC risk factors in evacuation

by Jolyon on 27 January, 2009

Fascinating piece here on Science Daily about the findings of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health on factors that delayed the evacuation of the World Trade Center on 9/11.
The study concludes that there are three main issues: how long it takes to start the evacuation, how long it takes to complete the evacuation, and [...]

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Doing nothing — to help the economy

by Jolyon on 8 January, 2009

Re Risk goes mystical today.
There’s an interesting assessment of the global economy by Wharton just out. Well, I say, ‘interesting’ but mostly it’s just “bad news…blah blah…worse news…blah blah…marginally less bad news…etc” though it is broken down by regions so you can see how particular lines and territories are being affected (see China — [...]

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