... to explain how negative group processes likely contributed to the disaster. Findings Based on books and a film about the incident, the Donner Party suffered a social breakdown based on: the changing nature of the goals of the expedition in mid‐course, which is difficult for temporary teams to handle...

... Disasters Although the smoke cleared long ago, the great Baltimore fire of 1904 serves as a good example of the interrelationships of a crisis, the attempted recovery, and a subsequent crisis during recovery. Unfortunately, similar situations continue to occur; for example, the tragic destruction...