"Think about it, " said J. Steven Picou, a sociologist at the University of South Alabama. "The script for a purely natural disaster is: impact, then rescue, then inventory, then recovery.

一位南亚拉巴马大学的社会学家J。斯蒂文。皮考说：试想一下，对于自然灾难的描述一般如下：先是造成的影响，营救行动，然后是清点损失，最后是恢复重建。

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In part, Mr Picou says, this is due to the nature of man-made disasters.

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"These are independent, hard-working people, who feel that they do not need to go to a shrink, " Picou says.

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Steven Picou, a sociologist with the University of South Alabama, led a team studying the human impact of the spill.

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