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Common questions you may ask during a plane crash and on the deserted island:
1. What do I do if I can't find any fresh water?
You are able to boil salt water, if you are able to see any close by. By boiling the water, it becomes drinkable. When you boil the water, the water evaporates, and the salt is left behind. You need a way of catching the evaporated water and containing it. You can get a large bowl of hot salt water and get a smaller bowl to float in it. Put plastic wrap or any other sealing available over the top of the largest bowl. The evaporating water will condense and drop down into the smaller floating bowl which should not have salt in it at all.
2. What materials do I use to make a shelter?
First, find any large pieces of wood to use as posts to keep the shelter up. Next, look for any rope, twine or wire to connect all the large pieces of wood together. Then, find large leaves like palm leaves and lay them on the top and sides of the shelter. Make sure that all the posts are steadily standing up.
3. What do I do if I am falling out of the airplane into midair?
The first thing to do is to look for a body of water and tilt your body on its side so your body will move slower in the air and you will have more time to search for a body of water. If you can dive into water, it would be the best thing you could possibly do in this situation and you will survive, if the water is deep enough (at least 12 feet). Then, steer towards the water and dive in. If the water is less than 12 feet, you should choose a safer position to fall into the water with, such as a curling your body up into a cannonball. By doing a cannonball, you will not go as deep as a dive, but it will help break the fall.
4. Where can I find water sources?
You are able to find water on the island such as streams and waterfalls, rain water, sea water that you can boil and solar water still. Solar water still can be made with a plastic sheet and a container, if available.
steps for making a Solar Water Still is listed below:
Step 1: Dig a hole in the sand up near the edge of the trees. You want to dig deep enough that the hole is within the damp sand underneath.
Step 2: Place a container in the center of the hole.
Step 3: Fill the gaps surrounding the container with anything wet, such as wet leaves.
Step 4: Place your plastic sheet over the hole and anchor the sheet in place with larger rocks around the edges of the hole.
Step 5: Place one small rock in the center of the plastic, just over the container.
Step 6: Condensation will occur on the underside of the plastic and run to the center. It will drip into the container filling it with distilled drinking water.
Common questions you may ask during a plane crash and on the deserted island:
1. What do I do if I can't find any fresh water?
You are able to boil salt water, if you are able to see any close by. By boiling the water, it becomes drinkable. When you boil the water, the water evaporates, and the salt is left behind. You need a way of catching the evaporated water and containing it. You can get a large bowl of hot salt water and get a smaller bowl to float in it. Put plastic wrap or any other sealing available over the top of the largest bowl. The evaporating water will condense and drop down into the smaller floating bowl which should not have salt in it at all.
2. What materials do I use to make a shelter?
First, find any large pieces of wood to use as posts to keep the shelter up. Next, look for any rope, twine or wire to connect all the large pieces of wood together. Then, find large leaves like palm leaves and lay them on the top and sides of the shelter. Make sure that all the posts are steadily standing up.
3. What do I do if I am falling out of the airplane into midair?
The first thing to do is to look for a body of water and tilt your body on its side so your body will move slower in the air and you will have more time to search for a body of water. If you can dive into water, it would be the best thing you could possibly do in this situation and you will survive, if the water is deep enough (at least 12 feet). Then, steer towards the water and dive in. If the water is less than 12 feet, you should choose a safer position to fall into the water with, such as a curling your body up into a cannonball. By doing a cannonball, you will not go as deep as a dive, but it will help break the fall.
4. Where can I find water sources?
You are able to find water on the island such as streams and waterfalls, rain water, sea water that you can boil and solar water still. Solar water still can be made with a plastic sheet and a container, if available.
steps for making a Solar Water Still is listed below:
Step 1: Dig a hole in the sand up near the edge of the trees. You want to dig deep enough that the hole is within the damp sand underneath.
Step 2: Place a container in the center of the hole.
Step 3: Fill the gaps surrounding the container with anything wet, such as wet leaves.
Step 4: Place your plastic sheet over the hole and anchor the sheet in place with larger rocks around the edges of the hole.
Step 5: Place one small rock in the center of the plastic, just over the container.
Step 6: Condensation will occur on the underside of the plastic and run to the center. It will drip into the container filling it with distilled drinking water.