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cord-309764-nxbadlal	Moon, Katie	Understanding the Experience of an Extreme Event: A Personal Reflection	2020-06-19		.txt	text/plain	2587	132	56	Mental models, which include our assumptions about how the world works, influence how we experience extreme events, such as the Australian bushfires. Here, I use my personal experiences to explore these phenomena and offer a research pathway to help us ''make sense'' of extreme events through an understanding of mental models. I interpreted their online warnings as a message: ''Make no assumptions about the certainty and security of your world; do not assume that the world as you know it will be the world as it is.'' In conversation with others in my community, we feel that transformations of our mental models as a result of the fires have somehow made us more prepared for the social-economic changes that have accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic. 9 By extending our research to explore how people's mental models shift and transform as a result of extreme events, we can support individuals and communities more effectively in their preparation and, crucially, their recovery.	./cache/cord-309764-nxbadlal.txt	./txt/cord-309764-nxbadlal.txt