"Just because someone rings your doorbell, doesn’t mean you have an obligation to answer."
"If you fall through the ice… the dark spot is the way out. The sun reflects off the ice surface. The spot you entered has no ice or reflection, so will be dark … opposite what we would naturally think."
"You should still attempt to dial 911 in an emergency even if you have no bars of signal. There are protocols that allow your phone to bounce signals off any tower available, including military/first responder ones and towers not on your network in the event that you attempt to call 911."
"If it feels wrong, it probably is. trust that gut feeling, it’s there for a reason."
"The rocks from a river absorb water. When rapidly heated it causes the absorbed water to boil much quicker than steam can escape the rock. This buildup of steam causes the rock to explode, sending hot rock fragments everywhere.
So don’t use rocks from a river to make a fire pit."
"Wool is warmer than anything that feels warm, even when wet."
"I live in Canada, this only applies to cold climates. They are not dead until they are warm and dead. There are many cases where somebody got stuck outside and froze then doctor revived them."
"If you’re at the beach and the water recedes suddenly, run and get to the highest ground you can find. A Tsunami is on the way"
"If you get lost in the wilderness the best thing to do is to stay calm and stay put. Unless there is an immediate threat to your safety in the area, just sit down and wait for someone to come find you.
Many people die or get seriously injured because they keep moving and Search & Rescue can’t catch up to them."
"If you get bit by a wild animal, get yourself to a hospital ASAP and tell them that. You don’t want rabies to set in."
"Don’t mix bleach with anything but water"
"If you’ve gone two and a half or more days without water, and you have to choose between drinking water without any way to sanitize it or not drinking water, drink the water. If you don’t, you’ll definitely die soon. Most of the diseases you can get from bad water take a couple days to set in, which gives you more time to find help."
"If you get caught in a rip current, don’t fight it. It won’t pull you under. People die because they panic, fight it, and get tired and then drown.
When you can, swim parallel to the shore out of the rip and then diagonally back to shore."
"As soon as your car door is unlocked, relock it. People get back into their cars and fiddle with their wallet or whatever all with their car doors unlocked and it makes them an easy target."
"CPR requires a flat surface!"
"Don’t pull a knife or anything else out of a puncture wound. The object may very well be keeping you from bleeding out, only a medical professional should remove something stuck in you."
"Baking soda will extinguish a fire, even grease and electrical fires."
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