FYI: The 'drop, cover, and hold on' advice only applies to earthquakes. If you encounter a mountain lion, you should absolutely not drop to the ground, crawl under it, and hold on to one of its legs.
What to Do [Explained]
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[The comic is laid out like a grid, with situations down the left-hand side (mountain lion / lightning / fire alarm / bleeding) and the solutions across the top (stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away / run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle / calmly exit the building / apply firm pressure ). The grid illustrates the "match-ups", with a green square denoting a "correct" match-up and a red square denoting a bad idea.] [From the top left corner, going from left to right, top to bottom, with each first item being on its own line in the grid, the squares are as follows:] [Green square, a mountain lion (drawn as a large cat) sits on the left, on a perch. Cueball and Megan have their arms raised and are speaking to it.] Cueball: HEY. STOP. Megan: SHOO.
stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away -> mountain lion
[Red square, Cueball and Megan are being chased by a mountain lion, and are running towards a building to their right.]
run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle -> mountain lion
[Red square, Cueball and Megan exit a building and approach a mountain lion.] Megan: Hello.
calmly exit the building -> mountain lion
[Red square, Cueball is putting his hands firmly on a mountain lion.]
apply firm pressure -> mountain lion
[Red square, lightning strikes a tree. Cueball is standing outside, with his arms raised, yelling at the lightning .] BOOM. Cueball: NO!
stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away -> lightning
[Green square, lightning strikes a tree. Cueball and Megan run toward a building to their right.] BOOM.
run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle -> lightning
[Red square, lightning strikes a tree. Cueball and Megan exit a building and approach the lightning-struck tree.] BOOM.
calmly exit the building -> lightning
[Red square, lightning strikes a tree. Cueball pushes on the lightning-struck tree.] BOOM.
apply firm pressure -> lightning
[Red square, a fire alarm is beeping. Cueball yells at the alarm, with his arms raised.] BEEP BEEP BEEP! Cueball: HEY.
stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away -> fire alarm
[Red square, a fire alarm is beeping next to a building with flames on its roof. Cueball and Megan run toward the burning building.] BEEP BEEP BEEP!
run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle -> fire alarm
[Green square, a fire alarm is beeping next to a house with flames on its roof. Cueball and Megan are exiting the burning building.] BEEP BEEP BEEP!
calmly exit the building -> fire alarm
[Red square, a fire alarm is beeping, and Cueball is trying to "suppress" the beeping sound. Behind him are flames.] BEEP BEEP BE-eep eep eep...
apply firm pressure -> fire alarm
[Red square, Cueball is bleeding from his right arm, and holds it. Megan to his right yells at him with her arms raised.] Megan: HEY! Megan: STOP IT!
stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away -> bleeding
[Red square, Megan, holding a first aid kit in one hand and a bandage in the other, runs with a bleeding Cueball towards a building to their right.]
run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle -> bleeding
[Red square, Megan holds a bandage, and to the ground in front of her is a first aid kit. Cueball is walking to the right of the panel, with an injured and bloody left arm raised.] Cueball: Bye!
calmly exit the building -> bleeding
[Green square, Cueball sits in a chair and Megan is treating him by putting her hands on his injured limb. Behind her on the ground is a first aid kit.]
apply firm pressure -> bleeding
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