Taking Chances - the answers

Yesterday we gave you two dangerous situations with three possible options for survival. What did you pick? Did you make the right choice?

Khalood and Wook asked what you would do if you broke down in the desert with very few supplies. Here's their answer:

Don’t even think about standing in the sun and drinking all of your water at once. You’d do much better to stay in the shade.

Your best bet is to wait until sunset or sunrise when you can find your way according to the position of the sun.

It’s a good idea to stay calm through out the afternoon so your body does not heat up.

Forget about the food. By far the most sensible thing to do is to make sure that you have water and sip some of it if you feel thirsty.

Jungwoo and Malak asked what you would do if you were on a ship that was about to crash and didn't have enough lifeboats. Here's their answer:

You haven’t got a cat in hell’s chance if you stay calm, because no one will rescue you immediately.

If you dive into the cold sea, it will be hard for you to survive for more than a couple of minutes. In this case, there’s a fifty-fifty chance of surviving, but only if you succeed in getting on the boat. If you manage to get ahead of 200 people, then you will be rescued.

Holding the Louis Vuitton bag is not a bad idea as it will help you to float on the water, but if you’re in the cold sea the chances of surviving are remote. The cold temperature of the sea will kill you rapidly, as water transfer heat away from the body twenty-five times faster than air. If you chose this option then unfortunately, only your bag would have survived.

So now you know! Next week, more dangerous scenarios from Felicity's pre-advanced English class. We'll look at Flavia, Mohammed and Palm's tale of a tsunami, and Chris and Mahsa's earthquake scenario.