Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 10, 2026

Assessing Disaster Resilience of Concrete with Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles
Published on: November 14, 2025
Stories after disaster survival: Preparing, heeding warnings, and self-reliance
Timothy S Killian1, Zola K Moon1, Charleen C McNeill2
1School of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Objective:
The purpose of the study was to examine the content of stories told by people personally impacted by disasters.
Design:
Semistructured, qualitative interviews.
Setting:
Northwest part of a mid-south state.
Participants:
Fourteen disaster survivors who were recruited through their attendance at an emergency preparedness-related fair.
Main Outcome Measures:
Interview schedule based on previous research using the family resilience framework.
Results:
Three themes emerged: prior emergency preparation, heeding warnings of impending disaster, and rural self-reliance.
Conclusions:
Participants had made prior emergency preparedness plans, but their personal experiences led to them adjusting their plans, or making more relevant plans for future disasters. Participants expressed the importance of sharing their experiences with family and community members, expressing hope that others would learn, vicariously rather than first-hand, from their experiences.
Related Concept Videos
Survival Curves
The Kaplan-Meier estimator is the most common method for constructing survival curves. This...
Survival Tree
Building a Survival Tree
Constructing a...
Applications of GIS: Disaster Management and Emergency Response
Introduction To Survival Analysis
The primary goal of survival analysis is to estimate survival time—the time...
Comparing the Survival Analysis of Two or More Groups
Truncation in Survival Analysis
Left truncation occurs when individuals who experienced the event of interest before a certain time are not included in the study. This is often due to a "delayed entry" into the study where only those who survive until a certain entry point are...

