Everybody knows that forest fires are dangerous, but not a lot of people know how it is difficult to survive if you are trapped. A forest fire can wreak an incredible amount of devastation in a few hours.

Every year forest fires burn thousands of acres, wildfires can easily jump streams and roads, and it can travel faster than you can run. Don’t make the most common mistake when you are trying to escape a wildland fire, don’t try to outrun it.

Knowledge Of The Terrain

A good knowledge of the terrain you are in gives you the best opportunity of surviving a forest fire.

One of the first things to learn is that a forest fire travels uphill much more quickly than it travels downhill. Therefore, you might be able to keep in advance of the fire by moving downhill as quickly as you can. Read the rest of this entry »

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• There is a famous echo in the British Museum Reading Room, don’t forget to try it.
• If you pay a small fee to the guard, parking is permitted even in the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
• Underground tradition: on first entering a train you better shake hands with every passenger.
• If you see a woman upstairs on bus, ask her politely to descend, this is not allowed.
• If you take a taxi, the driver will be only too willing to give your shoes a polish while waiting at the traffic-lights.
• Public conveniences are few; unfrequented streets where relief is permitted are marked “P”.
• Good-natured haggling is customary, so never pay the price demanded for a newspaper.

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• Pay attention to your face. Use sun-protection cream, even if it is cloudy or foggy weather.
• In a fog do not remove your mask. You will not see better but you can hurt your sight. In a fog the ultraviolet operates on eyes from different directions, and not just from above, as it is in a clear weather.
• It is necessary to remember that there are moving chaotic people around. There is a traffic rule on a slope: who is behind, that is guilty.
• During slope do not look at your hands or feet. You should look only forward, only there where you plan to finish.
• Being in mountains, in cold and dry climate, drink more to avoid organism dehydration.

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