What's that Lassie? Timmy fell down a well!?

Holy smoke

I just tried and it works. Police said they are fine. Or fining me. On of these.

It might be moving directly away from you, but better not take the 50/50 chances.

If you see a tornado, just get in a basement, PLEASE.

Also, it is hard to judge its speed if it's coming straight towards you. The same reason why you should never try to beat a (seemingly) slower moving train.

Occasionally, a tornado will be too wide to see. Miles wide, actually, so you better be safe, rather than sorry. Personal experience.

If a tornado looks like it's not moving.... why are you OUTSIDE when there's a TORNADO?

Stairway to Heaven? Anyone? Anyone?

IF its not moving and become bigger.

If you don’t have sufficient shelter and it’s coming at you, you have to escape by moving perpendicularly. (I mean in a vehicle.) It can move faster than driving speed. That’s the same principle as used to escape an undertow.

If I ever see anything like that, anywhere near me, I am so getting the f**k away from it as fast as I can.

Good to know !!!

so runnnnnnnnnnn

That is a wicked picture

If it sounds like a train is coming and there's no railroad tracks that's a tornado and it's likely already to late to try to get to safety.

That is an awesome picture.

I’m 71 years old and I’ve spent my entire life in “Tornado Alley”. Although it’s possible that a tornado can move in any direction they almost always move in a northeasterly direction. If you’re west of it you can get pretty close without fear. There’s a reason why they call them storm ‘chasers’.

I read that as tomato!!

Yep. Forget pictures and run to take shelter.

Or away. But as Helena said, beter safe than sorry.

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Just don't run into a trailer

Unless you have outstanding warrants for your arrest 😂 in which case you can a) pull over and be arrested or b) drive it like you stole it and escape 😀

mental note: stop biting my nails...just in case...

For any given value of "simply".

If you smell gas and electrical devices are *on* do not turn them off - the same logic applies. The current is already flowing and there are no additional sparks to worry about.

One can only hope.

Except parrots

Never leave you drink unintended...ever!

my godchild had Retinoblastoma and had his right eye removed with just a few months old. The Doctors first didn't believed that there's something wrong with him, just a little crossed eyed, but after the diagnosis and looking at pictures of that time, you could see the Retina not reflecting red with the flash light on, but a white milky appearance. So when you feel like there's something wrong with your child, I can advice to take a few pictures with the flash on and take a closer look. My godchild lost his eye, but the fast diagnosis saved his other eye and could be treated with radiation. he is living a happy life :-)

And then you will be a popsicle for the bear...how nice of you!!

Note: Apply pressure AROUND the wound -- ideally, above and below it. Do not apply pressure to the knife.

If I ever saw square waves in the ocean I would wonder who the hell dosed me with acid.

Unless you wandered into her territory (aka there may be cubs around), don't back up at all. Yell. Be loud. Put your arms up to appear larger than you are. If you're at home, grab a pot and a spoon or anything loud and bang them together. Absolutely positively, do not run. (Source: I used to live near mountain lion country, and sometimes they'd wander down the mountain and into yards in the winter.)

Show 'em who's boss

I worked as a technician at a bowling alley, I can confirm that the deck that holds / picks up the pins will indeed crush you, it’s extremely heavy, it’s controlled by a computer that doesn’t care if you are in the way and it will drop towards the lane without warning. I’ve no idea why you would think it was a good idea to slide underneath the deck, the sweep and the deck are both clearly very tough bits of kit, you aren’t! We had double safety locking systems on the power supply and physical stops inside them on our pinsetters so that when were working on them there was zero chance of them operating, They will chew you up and spit you out. Your coffin will be wide and flat.

This works for cats too. I saw it on a pet rescue where they thought (or knew) a cat had been poisoned with antifreeze. They lived through the worse hang over ever!

Any electrical engineers care to chime in on the voracity of this statement? This would be life saving information to have if true.

If you survive the car crash you mean...

No it isn't, you should lay on top of a fat person.

Or there’s a child with a balloon above you, it’s up to you to judge which is more likely….

Unless it’s projectile vomit, in which case this does not work. It does make the others in the house curious about what’s happening in the bathroom though

Then punch the shark it was planning to share you with in the nose and casually swim back to shore giving the "what's up?" shrug to any other thug beasts thinking about joining in. I got it now: Alligator = finger in nose. Shark = punch nose.

Good to know, but that will go against every instinct in my body.

Especially after drinking! /s

And never, ever, ever put de lime in da coconut.

Brain freeze...brain freeze....

Apparently, there are some people unfamiliar with driving where there are frequent deer. No one wants to hit the deer. It is horrible for deer and your car and possibly your life. Sometimes deer dart into the highway from places on the side of the highway you simply couldn't have seen them before and anticipated. They can jump in front far faster than you can reasonably stop a car. Generally, when this happens, you're also going fast enough (highway speed) that swerving as suddenly as you would have to avoid the deer will land you over the side of the highway or rolling your vehicle. It has long been recommended that after a certain speed, it is just safer to hit the deer. Not only for you, but the people behind you in traffic. No one wants to hit the deer, but sometimes it is the best option in a bad situation, so it is considered best practice since the situation happens fast enough you likely won't have time to analyze the situation.

Alligators can NOT run up to 35 miles per hour at all. They’re not land animals (well, they are, but designed to be much more effective in water). The average, healthy human could outrun an alligator on land whether running in a straight line or zig zagging.