Create an at-home survival kit -- Stock an office BOB -- Gear up with a TO-GO BOB -- Stop bleeding -- Disinfect a wound -- Build a first-aid kit -- Bandage a wound -- Deal with blood loss -- Immobilize an arm injury -- Make a splint -- Set a bone -- Save with CPR -- Perform the Heimlich maneuver -- Fake a sling -- Identify and treat burns -- Treat for shock -- Be ready for disaster -- Spot tornado warnings signs -- Judge where a tornado is heading -- Stay safe in a tornado -- Reinforce garage doors in a windstorm -- Tree-proof your home -- Buck a downed tree -- Make waterproof matches -- Prepare your house for a hurricane -- Build a dike -- Make DIY flood protection -- Deal with a downed power line in a car -- Survive a severe hurricane -- Make a life raft from household items -- Turn your attic into an ark -- Paddle through flood waters -- Drive safely on flooded roads -- Dig your truck out of the mud -- Live through a flash flood -- Rescue someone from a flood -- Return home safely after a flood -- Live through lightning -- Help someone struck by lightning -- Install lightning rods -- Protect your home from wildfires -- Prevent a forest fire -- Survive a wildfire -- Withstand a firestorm -- Survive a volcanic eruption -- Cope with ash -- Assess a lave field -- Retrofit your house -- Keep household items steady in a quake -- Know earthquake hot spots -- Understand fault activity -- Ride out a quake in a car -- Survive being trapped under debris -- Weather an earthquake -- Take action after an earthquake -- Know tsunami warning signs -- Brace for a big wave -- Deal with a tsunami at sea -- Survive a tsunami -- Know when mud might flow -- Make it through a mudslide -- Save your home from mudslides -- Know you're in avalanche country -- Assess incline -- Recognize avalanche types -- Ride out an avalanche -- Know which way is up -- Get rescued from an avalanche -- Strap on a safety beacon -- Walk in a whiteout -- Drive in a blizzard -- Survive in a snowbound car -- Ride out a blizzard at home -- Store food during a blizzard -- Prevent carbon monoxide poisoning -- Clear heavy snow -- Cover your face in a sandstorm -- Drive in a sandstorm -- Pick a safe seat on a train -- Stop a train -- Get your car off the tracks -- Jump from a moving train -- Use your cell for an airborne SOS -- Contact air traffic control -- Jump out of an airplane -- Salvage a crash site -- Make it to the lifeboat -- Abandon ship safely -- Swim through burning oil -- Handle a hazmat situation -- Decontaminate yourself -- Seal your home from a toxic spill -- Get clear of a hazard -- Don a gas mask -- Prevent the spread of illness -- Dispose of a body -- Bunk up in a bunker -- Anticipate radiation's effects -- Get through a power outage -- Survive a heat wave -- Eat right in a blackout -- Start your car with a screwdriver -- Siphon fuel -- Charge your phone with a flashlight -- Harness a car battery's power.
Summary:
Hurricanes, floods, volcanic eruptions, forest fires, sandstorms, blizzards, tsunamis, these are the many disasters that people face around the world.
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