Thorstrom explores home disaster stories, focusing on stories that do not involve irreparable damage. Explains how different people telling the same story emphasize different points. Discusses how the more time passes, the more the narrator is able to find a story humorous. Explains how people talk about life threatening situations and how they express relief about the outcome. Discusses how many stories are told as a reaction to someone else's story. Created by Maija C. Thorstrom while enrolled in Kristi Bell's English 391 class during winter semester of 2004 at Brigham Young University.