RocketSpots's video: Emotions Breed Rumors: Lessons Learned from the Camp Fire

I'm a documentary filmmaker, and in 2018 I lost my home in the Camp Fire on the Paradise Ridge in California. In the months and years following I've been collecting stories and feedback from fellow survivors and first responders to capture the lessons we learned that can help those confronting disasters of their own. I've done this through articles (shown below) speeches (also shown below) and an Emmy Award nominated series called A HIGH AND AWFUL PRICE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CAMP FIRE. This is a clip from that larger series, outlining how the emotional turmoil following a disaster creates rumors and misinformation from even the most well meaning and honest people (to say nothing of the usual BSers online). Here are a few of the places you can read my columns: https://www.hstoday.us/author/csmith/ https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/uncategorized/preparing-end-your-world-052421.html Here's a recent webinars I gave discussing the Camp Fire experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNUiwIhlWs4 Since the Camp Fire, I’ve also been working on a larger, deeper documentary series on what it means for people to live through a catastrophe that transforms their world. It’s called THREE DAYS IN PARADISE, and info on that and upcoming events can be found at these links: https://christopherallansmith.com/ https://threedaysinparadise.tv/ https://www.facebook.com/ThreeDaysInP... https://twitter.com/3DaysInParadise