Survival Test: could you survive?

[TwoRails]

Here's a quick survival test:

http://www.spicolisbarleybin.com/games/survival.swf

I didn't do to well and got only 11 of 17. It said I'd still be alive but badly injured or maimed for life...

How good did you do the first time thru the test??

[blue60007]

12 out of 17, however I went through one too fast and missed the correct option (which I did know). So 13 I guess

[catacon]

Yeah, I'm dead.

[als814]

8/17, I'm horribly maimed, but most likely still somewhat alive.

[HAL9000]

17 outta 17

You have what it takes to be an extreme survivor. Reward yourself with a Gloria Gainer "I will survive" T-Shirt and feel free to taunt the predatory animal of your choice.

[bailey]

11 / 17
Im still alive anyway.

[juppy]

11 of 17 on mine too, TR. I bombed on the shark questions. Guess its a good thing I don't live near the ocean and can't swim that well.

[avx]

14/17 "Extreme Survivor, Gloria Gainer T-Shirt"

I've never heard of anyone surviving a tornado comming right at them by ducking in some ditch, but I have heard of 3 different times in which people have ducked into an underpass and survived.

And does no one else consider it a bad idea to start digging in the base of a dried up lake bed in the middle of the desert when you are already low on water...?

[freakitchen]

11/17. Failed miserably on the animal attack questions, but got all the hostage questions right. Suppose that's from too much watching of '24'

FK

[sdkfz]

15/17 - taunter and I know I blew the first one - I knew this having had to improve my current dogs over submissiveness.

Currently training for this: https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/

[David M]

I scored 12 although I have to disagree with gouging out the sharks eyes vs punching it in the nose. Finding a sharks eye during an attack would be quite difficult. I have read accounts of surfers punching the nose of sharks and surviving.

[doctorgonzo]

Originally Posted by avx I've never heard of anyone surviving a tornado comming right at them by ducking in some ditch, but I have heard of 3 different times in which people have ducked into an underpass and survived.

People use to say that getting under a bridge is good in a tornado, but then film evidence demonstrated that being under a bridge is a horrible place to be, because it turns into a wind tunnel. The constriction accelerates wind and debris even faster than the tornado's 150+ MPH winds.

I scored 9 out of 17. I didn't do well on the stuff I never have to deal with: sharks, poisonous snake bites, or wandering around in the desert. The tornado and aircraft stuff, which I am familiar with, was no problem.

[mbossman2]

14 of 17...

I punch sharks, stay with crashed airplanes, and tie off snake bites...(insert macho grunt here), other than that I do fine

[kstatefan40]

11 / 17

I got a few wrong here and there, but for the most part, I got it right. Lifeguarding has taught me alot about how to handle myself in emergencies.

[Redo40]

14 out of 17

[786ARS]

14 ill survive, just dont expect me to get everything right in an aircraft thats crash landed on water, but desert, animals and terrorists, no problemo.

[TwoRails]

Originally Posted by David M I scored 12 although I have to disagree with gouging out the sharks eyes vs punching it in the nose. Finding a sharks eye during an attack would be quite difficult. I have read accounts of surfers punching the nose of sharks and surviving.

Yep, that's one of the one's I missed, too. Never even heard of going for the eyes, and I've know some shark 'hunters.'

[HAL9000]

Sharks are VERY protective about their eyes and if they are endangered, will retreat.

[KatoPC]

15/17 here

[blue60007]

I didn't do too well on the shark ones -

Originally Posted by Juppy Guess its a good thing I don't live near the ocean and can't swim that well.

Exactly.

Originally Posted by Freakitchen got all the hostage questions right. Suppose that's from too much watching of '24'

Same here, but I've been watching too much "Walker: Texas Ranger"

Did good on the tornado questions since I pretty well live in Tornado Alley...

[jfk]

15/17.

You have what it takes to be an extreme survivor. Reward yourself with a Gloria Gainer "I will survive" T-Shirt and feel free to taunt the predatory animal of your choice.

Bring it baby...................

[juppy]

avx > doctorgonzo already explained the reasoning why getting under an overpass isn't good, but as for diving in a ditch, yes, they say that works too. You're basically trying to get as low as possible because a tornado doesn't just totally suck down to every little inch of terrain it can possibly get into. Imagine it having a flat bottom that doesn't bend much....kinda like its surfing on a big invisible surfboard. If it's a quarter mile wide and you jump down into a ditch that's a few feet deep, you're lower than the larger part of the ground that its going over. It won't bend and come down into the ditch to get you because that would require bending that little part of the vortex to go that extra direction. Much the same way you can stand behind a small hill on a normal day and the wind doesn't hit you as much because it goes over the top of the hill and right over your head.

I got confused on the one about what to do if a tornado is going to hit your house. One choice was to lie flat in a bathtub and another was to cover yourself with a mattress. They picked to just lie in the tub, but around here (in tornado alley BTW) they tell us to get in the tub AND put a mattress over you!

I disagreed with the one about punching the shark in the eyes too. I know sharks are really protective of their eyes, but I too have heard punching them in the nose is supposed to work as well, because that's where a bunch of the sensing nerves are located and punching the nose gives them a jolt kinda like hitting your funny bone real hard. I would think finding the nose would be easier too.....I mean, if you're under water, you're gonna have to be looking around for its eyes, whereas the nose is easy to find; its right in front of where you're being bitten!

[TwoRails]

Interesting tidbits of info on the tornado, juppy. On the shark thing, which I also disagreed with, you gave me a new outlook, but in reverse. I was thinking of the punch being above water, but you mentioned underwater. It is very difficult to get any velocity / force behind a punch underwater so it may not be that effective, but you could (hopefully) grab it's face and try for the eyes while underwater... Either way, I don't want to be the one testing the theories out!

[rightcoast]

15 out of 17, I get a t-shirt too. As some of you know I have been surfing for over 15 years now... jeez heh. I can say with some authority as a trained lifeguard (though that was 14 years ago) and having known more watermen than most people and personally swam unprotected with sharks in both controlled and uncontrolled environments that punching a shark in its nose is futile. You would never be able to strike the pinnacle of predatory evolution hard enough to even make it sneeze, under or above the waterline. Though imagining you could is good for the ole ego...lol.

The membrane that sharks draw up during an attack is thinner than standard stock paper however, and easily damaged. In reality an attack will be over before you realized what happened, but in the rare case the shark wants to actually attack (it returns after the feeler bite) the eyes are your only hope.

[juppy]

Originally Posted by rightcoast I can say with some authority as a trained lifeguard (though that was 14 years ago) and having known more watermen than most people and personally swam unprotected with sharks in both controlled and uncontrolled environments that punching a shark in its nose is futile. You would never be able to strike the pinnacle of predatory evolution hard enough to even make it sneeze, under or above the waterline.

Geez, that tv show I saw needs to get their facts straight then because they're gonna have people trying to beat the crap out of a shark's nose, all in futility. Makes you wonder how much of what you see on tv anymore is info you can actually believe.

Originally Posted by TwoRails Either way, I don't want to be the one testing the theories out!

I hear ya! I think I'll just stay here in good ol' shark-free Oklahoma and take my chances with the occasional tornado.

[Nuclear Krusader]

20/17. I'm super Nuk.

1o1.

[rightcoast]

Yeah Juppy they are wrong. It's the most common shark misperception. The first result for fend off shark sums up what should be done perfectly.
http://www.worstcasescenarios.com/sc...m?scenarioid=4

The one very glaring ommision to how to avoid the attack in the first place (perhaps because its common sense, but not many tourists even notice baitfish) is to get out of the water when a school of baitfish is around. They often look like wind ripples on the surface. and seagulls and pelicans flock to them. Sharks don't care about greenies or your your local baitfish, but they feed on the mackerel, snook, etc that are feeding on the baitfish, and moving human fingers look a lot like baitfish fleeing gamefish from 20 feet away under water. EDIT: After a reread, I see that it is mentioned in there. The part about baitfish being near sewage threw me off. The two really are not related IMO and experience. oops.

[juppy]

Good info, rightcoast. I think I'll still just stay away from the ocean anyway....unless I learn how to swim while holding a big harpoon maybe.

[kram 2.0]

Scary - hope I will never have to employ any of the "Survival techniques" that were tested. 9/17 here.

kram

[786ARS]

For the shark, couldnt you use your feet to kick it in the eye, especially since movement is easier in water.(3 axis instead of 2 on land)