How to Increase Your Odds of Surviving a Disaster

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The people who walk away from catastrophes all have a few things in common. Now you can follow their lead.

Step 1: Have drills
Hold drills with your family for fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other disasters until the repetition locks the life-saving behavior into their brain. People react best in an emergency if they’re trained to go on automatic pilot.

Tip
When flying, always listen to the flight attendant’s instructions and read the safety card in your seat pocket, no matter how many times you’ve heard it all before.

Step 2: Be safe, not sorry
Don’t waste time debating whether the building is really on fire or not. Get out at the first sign of danger, and ask questions later.

Tip
If you see people frozen with fear, yell at them. This is what flight attendants are trained to do to get shocked passengers to leave a burning plane.

Step 3: Hurry up!
For heaven’s sake, hurry up! Amazingly, people are inclined to dawdle during an emergency, rather than acting as quickly as possible.

Step 4: Leave everything behind
Leave everything behind. The few seconds you took to grab your iPhone could be the few seconds that cost you your life.

Step 5: Befriend your neighbors
Get to know your neighbors. That’s who will be next to you when a catastrophe strikes.

Did You Know?
'Group think,' where people follow each other and wait for instructions rather than thinking for themselves, is more common in an emergency than stampeding.

[SuperSuperdude]

These informational videos always scare me

[ClodaghBear]

I love how its "when" a catastrophe strikes, as apposed to "if"

[ifshebreathesheathot]

Howcast- Get out at the first sight of danger



me- *hears the floor creek at night* Jumps out of the building

[emilymarie]

The first thing I do when I get on an Airplane, is read the Safety Card

[carlowilliams]

How do you call 911 without a phone GRABB YOUR ELECTRONICS

[shelbymustangjd]

In the event of a 15-25 megaton thermonuclear warhead being deployed to your location....well, your screwed because 30 minutes isn't long enough to get away from the destruction while everyone else is trying to do the same. So find the nearest bomb shelter (if your area even has one anymore) or say your goodbyes. You could also hide in a 1950's porcelain fridge, but I don't think that would work in reality.

Things you will need:
-a full blatter
-a prepared goodbye speech
-possibly a 1950's fridge?
-a video from Howcast giving you a list of things most people don't have (ex. Geiger counter, NBC suit, filters for your gas mask, weapons etc.)
-some alcohol, because lets be honest, this is probably you'r last few minutes alive (unless you do survive, in which case your life isn't worth living)

On a more positive note, this video was pretty informative, but disasters like the one I've mentioned, are pretty hard to survive, so maybe that's why it wasn't included?

[thomasmolde]

Learning something new every day!
Awesome Howcast! 😁

[angieisadork]

"Leave everything and run" No, I'm not leaving without my cats, seriously, they're family too...

[elijahrodriguez]

I have an emergency bag for emergencies pillow and blanket for flying glass and stuff, water, can of corn, can opener, and a flashlight

[woahzoechill]

"FOR HEAVEN SAKE HURRY UP"- mom

[FuckingSeriesGurl]

Bubblegum Im TOTALLY with u on that which is why I carry my phone EVERYWHERE!

[Aquablazer]

My neighbor followed this video, leaving work early to perform his first drill with his family.An earthquake soon hit his home right when he came.His family survived, but he but that could really happen.

[kingdomheartscastleoblivio]

In case of an emergency, i ALWAYS have a bag ready in the corner of my closet ready to go! It includes 4 bottles of water, knife, contact numbers, and $50.

[katiemendoza]

" for heavens sake, hurry up!" 😂😂

[kimnorth]

Yes what is with those who move at snails pace? It is like you have to be their brain for them and some get mad about it! They take longer to process information or something

[arandomyoutuber]

Who remembers that ferry in north Korea and the captain told everyone to sit down whilst it was sinking

[ActuallyNizmo]

Leave my iphone, or pc? HELL NO! I would rather die, than saving up for new ones xD

[KAYDE]

Just in case of a fire or flood I keep it on my bed it has my iPhone my iPhone charger a blanket pens pants shirts 2 things of water candy a tooth brush tooth paste hair ties and headbands

[PivotBoom]

NON of these happends in my country, but this is the FIRST time an earthquake EVER striked in UAE.

[jdwhite]

well incase of a diaster do we have to leave EVERYTHING behind?because i dont want to leave my dog and let it die.ive had him ever since i was in 1st grade and i love him very much.