how can you avoid stampedes?
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Avoid large groups of cattle.
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You have to keep safe distance.
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Forget going before work.\n\nGo after you get done at work, take your gym bag with you.\n\nIt helps avoid the rush hour traffic home.
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don't eat like a pig, and move around
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DURRING, the main one is keeping people calm.  Avoidable death is caused by panic mostly.
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Lock all doors at all times. Keep spares at relatives houses and not outside somewhere. IF no relatives keep somewhere that's not easily seen or at neighbors. Don't get so drunk you forget to lock the doors.
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bush bash with a machete is my way ... cut out the big vines or whatever will get in the ways .... more often than not you can find animal trails, they often give a pretty good route.\n\nOther than that stick to fire trails or even pre-made tracks.
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put up tons of buoys that block them from getting too close to your pier. Put up a portable screen to block their view...they should get the hint and go away. Then take the screen down until they go away. Try not to wear skimpy bathing suits...??
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don't look around\njust keep yourself busy
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The best way to protect yourself in any situation like this is to avoid maximum contact with people, but at the same time maintain a good level of fitness and eat healthy.  Washing your hands frequently is also highly advisable.
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AVOID COLD DRINKS, COLD WEATHER AVOID DUSTY PLACES ETC.
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Nothing, just be yourself. Only you can prevent forest fires.
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Mind my own business, and try to stay away from too many people that keep it up. Sometimes it follows you, but if you make an effort to avoid it you will be ok.
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Stay out of it less you get shot at too.
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Pick up your feet and stop shuffling.
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Go looting. Incite a riot. Best time cause people will be too confused. Just shout, "Oh SH*T! It's the fallout from the nuclear meltdown!", grab a brick and hurl it into the nearest corporate *sshole's retail front.
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Move away from anything that could fall on you.  Get under a table or get flat against a wall.  Stay away from windows and outside doors.  \n\nIf you're outside, move away from power lines or anything that might fall.  Move away from buildings; they could have architectural pieces that could fall on you.  \n\nIf you're in a car, stop until the quake stops.  \n\nDon't use an elevator.  Don't light any matches.  \n\nAnd as they always say, stay calm.  Yeah, right.\n\nMore info on some before and after quake suggestions:\nhttp://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/bda.html