I REPEAT, DO NOT

Asun San Franciscon turvallisimmalla alueella. Ehkä turvallisimmalla koko Yhdysvalloissa, arvioisin.

Mutta lahden toisella puolella Oaklandissa eletään päinvastaisessa ympäristössä. Lähes joka päivä uutisissa kerrotaan murhasta, ampumavälikohtauksesta, loukkaantumisista. Ei siis ihme, että Oaklandista kotoisin olevat tytöt halusivat välttämättä jättää minut aivan kotitaloni eteen annettuaan minulle kyydin yhteisen tutun luota. Oaklandissa asuvat eivät pimeällä kävele metriäkään.

Seuraava, edellisten Oaklandilais-tyttösten ystävältä saamani sähköposti "varotoimista" on siis arkipäivää monessa amerikkalaisessa kaupungissa. Pahimpaan osataan varautua. Suomalaisesta tämä tuntuu surullisen absurdilta... mutta, käytin viestin lukemiseen viisi minuuttia, ja olen varma, että osaan toimia oikein, jos paha sattuma osuu kohdalle.


Crucial …

Because of recent abductions
In daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation...
This is for you,& for you to share with your wife, your children, & everyone you know.

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :
The elbow is the strongest point on your body.
If you are close enough to use it, do!

2. Learned this from a tourist guide.
If a robber asks for your wallet &/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM.
Toss it away from you.... Chances are that he is more interested
in your wallet &/or purse than you,& he will go for the wallet/purse.
RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car,
kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out
the hole & start waving like crazy.
The driver won't see you, but everybody else will.
This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars
after shopping, eating, working, etc., & just sit
(doing their chequebook, or making a list, etc.
DON'T DO THIS!)

The predator may be watching you,
& this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in
on the passenger side, put a gun to your head,
and tell you where to go.

AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR,
LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE..

If someone is in the car with a gun to your head
DO NOT DRIVE OFF,

Repeat:
DO NOT DRIVE OFF!

Instead run the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car.
Your Air Bag will save you.

If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it.
As soon as the car crashes bail out and run.

It is better than having your body found in a remote location.

5. A few notes about getting
into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:

A.) Be Aware:
look around you, look into your car,
at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat

B.) If you are parked next to a big van,
enter your car from the passenger door.
Most serial killers attack their female victims
by pulling them into their vans while the women
are attempting to get into their cars.

C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle,
& on the passenger side.... if a male is sitting alone
in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back
into the mall, or work, & get a
guard/policeman to walk you back out.

IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
(And better paranoid than dead.)

6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.
Stairwells are horrible places to be alone, & the perfect crime spot.
This is especially true at NIGHT!

7. If the predator has a gun & you are not under his control,
ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target)

4 in 100 times; & even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.
RUN, preferably in a zig -zag pattern!

8. As women, we are always trying
to be sympathetic: STOP!!
It may get you raped, or killed.

Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking,
well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the
sympathies of unsuspecting women.

He walked with a cane, or a limp,
& often asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle,
which is when he abducted his next victim.

9. Another Safety Point:
Someone just told me that her friend heard
a crying baby on her porch the night before last,
& she called the police because it was late
& she thought it was weird... The police told her

'Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door..'
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby
had crawled near a window, & she was worried
that it would crawl to the street & get run over.

The policeman said, 'We already have a unit on the way,
whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.'

He told her that they think a serial killer
has a baby's cry recorded & uses it to coax
women out of their homes, thinking that someone
dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it,
but have had several calls by women saying that
they hear baby's cries outside their doors
when they're home alone at night.

10. Water Scam!
If you wake up in the middle
of the night to hear all your taps outside running,
or what you think is a burst pipe,

DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE!
These people turn on all your outside taps
full bore so that you will go out to investigate
& then they attack.

Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbours!
Please pass this on.
This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because
the Crying Baby Theory was mentioned on
America 's Most Wanted when they profiled
the serial killer in Louisiana

I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know.
It may save a life.
A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle..
I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys,
if you love your mothers, wives,sisters,daughters, etc.,
you may want to pass it onto them, as well.

Send this to any woman you know that may need
to be reminded that the world we live in
has a lot of crazies in it, & it's better to be safe than sorry..
Everyone should take 5 minutes
to read this.
It may save your life or
a loved one's life