In a survival situation, you never know what you're going to need -- what small, informational tidbit might make the difference between you becoming mincemeat and you walking home through the front door that night.

If you see a huge explosion in the distance you've got 1-2 seconds before you will be hit by the shock wave. You can protect yourself from the shock wave by turning away from the explosion, exhaling, and keeping your mouth open to help equalize the pressure.

A lot of people find it appealing to have a weapon on them and that’s a personal choice I won’t go into lol. If you choose to, whether it’s a knife, or a gun, or pepper spray, KNOW HOW TO USE IT!!! You will be amazed how quickly your knife can be turned on you if you don’t know what you’re doing with it.I also heard a piece of advice that is sad, but probably effective imo. If you’re getting robbed or attacked or whatever, don’t just scream or yell for help. Scream and yell “help my child!” Yes even if you don’t have a kid. That’s more likely to draw someone’s attention, especially if you’re a man calling for help. Hope this helps someone.

Awareness is a tool. Use it.When you walk into a place you've never been, take note of everything around you.When you meet someone new, pay attention to them.When things are sketchy in any way, pay attention to them.If you keep attention at all times, you'll rarely be surprised by anything.

If you have to sleep in a car, you can loop your seatbelt through your door handle loop and click it in for extra security.Learned that from a truck driver

If the tornado looks like its not moving its headed right for you

If the cops invite you to come down to "talk" say no. The minute they tell you they are taking you, shut up other than you want a lawyer. Even if you are 100% innocent. Period. There are no gray areas to this.

Tell your daughters: if someone is coming at you in a threatening/kidnapping vibe, pull out your phone and say "Facebook Live" and theres a good chance they'll walk away... Since it's "Live/streaming". You don't have to actually fidget to get FB Live up and streaming, just say that you are. (please do if your capable). It saved my 38 year old cousin from getting kidnapped while out walking her dog. She learned it from a 14 year old girl (friends with her parents) who was also almost kidnapped.

Know where the exits are.

A hug can be a temporary cure for feeling down. Especially from someone that loves the depressed person. It's saved my life so many times.

Unless you have training don't try to rescue someone drowning by swimming to them, use something to reach out for them to grab onto. They will grab onto you out of fear and not let go and you may drown with them.

If you think you may be having a heart attack, take an aspirin. Actual aspirin, like Bayer.

If you think you hear someone outside your house at night, your instinct will be to turn all the lights on. You should in fact turn them all **off** for two reasons: First, with the lights off he can't see where you are or what you are doing. Second, you know your way around your house in the dark way better than he does, and if he gets in, this works to your advantage.

NEVER put something in someone’s mouth if they’re having a seizure. Try to turn them on their side, and place something soft like a jacket or pillow under their head while they have a seizure. If it lasts five minutes or longer call an ambulance. Source: 20 years of epilepsy.

People commonly say not to make eye contact with people in sketchy places. However, eye contact takes away the element of surprise, which is often an attacker’s first weapon/advantage.

Don’t jog with loud music playing on your headphones/earbuds. Many people pass away from not being able to hear cars etc

In the case of an abduction, your best bet is to scatter some of your belongings, like an ID, on the ground. The possibility of tracking you down becomes that much greater that way.

Never let them take you to a second crime scene: If they're trying to abduct you, and you let them, the kidnapping becomes murder 99% of the time. Fight l no matter what.

Take a Basic Life Support class. 3 hours and around $60 will teach you CPR, how to use an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), and the proper way to perform the Heimlich Maneuver. They teach adult, pediatric, and infant BLS in one course.

Believe that gut feeling that something is wrong.

In the **extremely** unlikely event you are attacked by a swarm of bees, most adults can typically just outrun them, especially if you run into the wind. Do not stop running, some bees will chase you for up to a quarter mile. Do not try to hide under water, they will wait for you to come up for air.

If you're fighting a kangaroo, as you do, punch the kangaroo as hard as you possibly can, and don't run.Running shows fear and then the kangaroo knows it can beat you.The reason why you punch is because, in a kangaroos mind, any kick is way stronger than any punch. Let's say 10x stronger (I don't know exactly).So if you punch them hard enough, they'll back down because they'll think you can kick them 10x harder than that.If you didn't punch them hard enough, well, you're f****d.

Do NOT add water to a grease fire. (Not little known but it makes sense to repeat it giving how bad consequences can be for those who don't follow this advice).

If you think you're being followed while walking outside, pretend to get a call and respond 'normally' and say something along the line that you'll meet soon. In the same scenario if you approximately know the person is slightly further behind and you round a corner.. run like an idiot to a more crowded or safer place. Go into a shop, bus, a group of people..even ring someone's doorbell if you have to and ask to call the police.Absolute worst case scenario if it's in the middle of the night and nobody is out..and someone is following you..smash/kick someone's car so it sounds a loud alarm..it could scare the stalker off.

Never use cruise control in a rain storm.

A couple different things for different situations.If you’re stabbed and the knife is still in, don’t take it out. It’s plugging a wound and stopping you from leaking.If you’re stuck outside in the cold, especially if you’re lost, stay in place and try to stay out of the wind. Stationary people are easier to find. Also, no matter how warm you suddenly feel, keep your clothes on. Your body flash-processes glucose in a last ditch effort to keep warm right before you freeze to death, and it can make you feel unbearably hot if you’ve been freezing for the last couple hours.Above all else, if you can’t remember anything else, “calm people live. Panicked people pass away.”

Drink when you're thirsty. Too many travellers pass away of thirst while literally carrying water. Rationing water may be appealing, but it's always important to drink regularly.

Pack lots of clothes in your car during winter and keep your car well maintained.

If you're underwater after an accident, you'll probably be disoriented and not know which way the surface is. Follow the direction of bubbles.Related - if you're underwater in a car, don't try to force the door open against the incoming flow of water, you'll exhaust yourself. Let the car fill

I dont know if it's true everywhere, but where I've been in the western states it's a general rule.When lost in the woods and you find a logging road, the intersections at a t are generally not 90. The least sharp turns almost always point back to the highways. Full logging trucks don't turn as easily so the less sharp turns are usually on the way out.

A chair makes an excellent shield / weapon

If you haven't been in a fight since 6th grade you're probably not going to win a fight with an adult stranger.

If you get caught in a rip current, swimming against it will tire you out. Swim parallel to the beach until it weakens enough for you to escape and swim to shore

If a high voltage power line falls near you, stepping away from it may kill you, as they may carry more than 100,000 volts. One large step may put your front foot at a place where the voltage is much lower. If the difference is high enough the insulation from your shoes may be too low to prevent the voltage from passing through (and killing) you. Prevent this by shuffling away using tiny steps. This minimizes the voltage difference between your feet.

Even if all your tires are flat/slashed you can still drive on them. It'll mess up your rims something fierce but you'll be able to get away from whatever is causing you drive on your rims.

Carbon monoxide can travel through walls.

If someone's pointing a gun at you, it's probably risky to pull out a gun and point it at them.I'd like for once to see a Hollywood movie where someone tries this and the other guy pulls the trigger immediately.