Social reactions
The behavior of disaster victims explodes into general panic or sinks into stunned apathy. After the initial shock, people tend to start acting positively to meet well- defined personal goals, leading to an increase in individual activities that, in spite of being spontaneous, quickly self-organize into collective endeavors. In some cases, actively antisocial behavior, such as looting takes place, whereas, individuals’ spontaneous reaction may be detrimental for the whole community. Also, after a disaster rumors abound and can cause panic, or resistance to the proposed measures of public health.