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Daily Survival Guide
Jan. 14th, 2010 09:16 am________________________________________________
On this day in 1890, American toxicologist and biochemist Rolla Neil Harger was born. Harger was responsible for creating the world's first device that measured blood alcohol content in humans. he called the device the Drunkometer. When a person breathed into the device, the alcohol in his or her breath would be changed to vinegar, or acetic acid, that would alter the color of crystals in the device. How inebriated a person was could be determined by the amount of crystals that changed color. Harger gave the patent for his invention to Indiana University, where he was working when he invented the Drunkometer.
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- Make sure that your seat belt is tightly fastened and that your chair back is fully upright.
- Brace yourself for the crash.
Place your pillow in your lap, bend forward with one arm across your knees, and hold your head against the pillow with your free arm. push your legs forward and steady yourself by placing your feet or knees against the chair in front of you. - Stay calm and be ready to help yourself. Fire and rescue personnel are unlikely to enter the plane to pull you out.
- When you do attempt to exit the plane, follow the exit procedures described in the safety briefing.
Stay low if the plane is on fire and leave all of your possessions on the plane. Illuminated floor lights should indicate the exits: the lights are red where the exit rows exist.
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- Find a large snowdrift or snow bank on a slope.
Plan your cave with the opening at a right angle to the prevailing wind. - Dig a narrow tunnel into the slope (toward the back of the slope) and slightly upward.
- Make the ceiling slightly dome-shaped.
- Put a small vent hole in the roof.
