Quick cards
Nature and water
Car falling into waterYour car goes into a river, canal, or flooded underpass. You have about 1 minute.Rip current at the beachA channel of water pulls you out to sea. It doesn't pull you under: it carries you away from shore.Fall into cold waterYou fall into a cold lake, river, or sea. The gasping kills first, not the cold.Lost in the woods or the backcountryYou don't know where you are on a trail or in the backcountry.Stranded in the desert or in a car in the heatYour car breaks down on an isolated road in the heat, as in the desert.Stranded in a car in cold or snowIce or snow leaves you trapped on the highway.Someone is drowning: how to help without drowningThey sink silently, head back, mouth at water level. They almost never shout.Bee or wasp attackMany chase and sting you. In many parts of the southern and southwestern U.S. there are Africanized bees.
