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[artemisofluna]

So you see this aftershock report yes?

Leah and I had just gone to see Sream 4 (which I will talk about in a different entry so people can comment and not fear spoilers) and the movie had just finished. We just left the theatre and we were in the hall when this weird noise started happening and the floor shook and I was like "oh my god, are there

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[arklan]

i'm confused. fire doors sound like the sort of thing you'd want to let do their job.

still, glad for safeness.

[artemisofluna]

Fire doors are supposed to close in case of fire to keep it contained. They are not supposed to close and shut everyone inside when there is threat the building could fall in on you.

Meaning they weren't doing their job.

[arklan]

ah. right. that... would be bad. i'm assuming there was more then one exit though, right? i hope?

[artemisofluna]

Probably, but everyone was headed towards the main doors (which are far larger than a back entry anyway, I'm sure) and panicking that they were closing. If they had actually continued to close, there would have been mass panic, not people calmly thinking about other exits. We had our entire city fall down. People aren't calm and rational, they're panicky and terrified. The people who worked there were herding everyone out because the evacuation alarm sounded. No one needs a panicking crowd! So holding the door open, especially since it shouldn't have closed in that instance, just seemed like a good idea.