Emergency FAIL

[unixronin]

QUICK.  You're trapped in a storm drain.  You have a cell phone and, by good fortune, cell signal.

What's the first thing you do?

Call emergency services for rescue, right?

Not if you're one of these two teenage pre-teen dim-bulbs.

Comments

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Top Gear showed that it is possible to get out of a car in the water _as long as you start moving immediately_.

[johnkzin.livejournal.com]

Pretty much the same as what I was saying at the end: "get out of the car ASAP".

Adam on mythbusters was able to get out after being fully submerged, but only with careful preparation (he knew he had to be ready with a BIG breathe of air, he had to stay calm, he had to do a specific set of tasks, etc.) ... and even then, I think he said it was damn scary.

That was on his second try.

The first try didn't go as well.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Now that you mention it, I think I remember that episode.

I think the key things here are: (1) don't panic; (2) don't dawdle about, get moving RIGHT AWAY while you have air; (3) be prepared in advance with a suitable tool at hand to break a window; (4) think fast what to improvise with if you don't have one; and (5) DON'T HESITATE TO BREAK THE WINDOW, it's just a piece of tempered glass — it won't cut you, and it can be replaced if the car's not a total write-off anyway.


ISTR the "myth" conclusion was "Yes, those little escape hammers really do work."

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Yup. My comment was intended as reinforcement, not repudiation.