When your choice is either outdoors or inside a car, your car is always the safest option. If caught in a thunderstorm, remain inside your car until the storm passes. Close your windows, and put the top up in your convertible.  Open vehicles, like golf carts, ATVs, and riding mowers, are not safe during lightning storms. Seek shelter indoors. Convertibles are less safe than other cars in thunderstorms. If possible, avoid driving them when it's raining. Starting your car is generally safe during a thunderstorm, but do not under any circumstances jump your car until the storm has passed. Most cars are safe from lightning, but the metal exterior or any metal objects are not safe to touch. If lightning strikes your car, the current will flow from the car's outer metal cage and into the ground below. Keep your hands in your lap and avoid leaning on the car doors or touching any exposed metal. Rubber tires will not protect your car from getting struck. Some portions of the current can travel through the wired areas in your car. Don't touch any of the vehicle's electrical systems during the car, including your radio, GPS system, or cell phone charger. In some cases, lightning strikes can damage your car's electric systems. Avoid driving your car during thunderstorms if you have expensive radio or GPS systems installed. If driving in an outage area, pull over and turn on your hazard lights. Areas with outages are dangerous to drive in, especially if the traffic lights have shorted out. If you must  continue traveling, treat intersections with shorted traffic signals as a four-way stop and take extra caution.

Summary: Run to your vehicle for safety. Place your hands in your lap. Don't handle the radio or your GPS system. Pull to the side of the road in heavy storms.


Make sure your butter is firm and cold before you start using it. This will give the oats, sugars, and flour something solid to bind onto while they cook, leading to big, delicious crumble topping. It can help to cut the butter into 1/2" cubes ahead of time and place in the freezer while you measure everything else out. The amount of butter in your recipe is up to you. If you want a very rich topping, you can add as many as 8–9 tablespoons (120–130 ml), though you should add 1–2 tablespoons (14.8–29.6 ml) more flour and brown sugar if you do. Use a whisk to lightly mix the dry ingredients, getting rid of any clumps and making sure everything is evenly distributed. Cutting in the butter means you physically mash and cut the butter when surrounded by the flour mixture. This allows the flour to coat as much of the butter as possible, which leads to a crispy, delicious topping. You can cut the butter three ways:   Food Processor: Pulse the mixture until there are still 1/4" clumps and none of the butter is uncoated with flour.  Pastry Blender: These D-shaped tools have 4-5 wires at the end which effectively cut the butter up into thin slices. Cut until you have a gravel-like consistency.  Fingers: Freeze the whole mixture for 2-3 minutes before working, then quickly mash the butter into the flour, aiming for a crumbly, gravel-like mixture. Remember that the colder the butter is when it hits the oven, the better your topping will be. Set the topping in a cool place, like the refrigerator, while you prepare the apples.

Summary: Chop the 5 tablespoons (73.9 ml) of butter into small cubes, keeping them cool until use. Mix the flour, sugar, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon and salt in a large mixing bowl. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients until large clumps form. Keep the mixture cold until it is ready to cook.


Most flags are either rectangular or square. Your flag doesn't have to be rectangular, but you should stick to simple shapes that are easy to see from a distance. For example, Nepal’s flag is made of two overlapping triangles.  Consider what you will be using your flag for. A triangle will work well for a pennant flat, while a rectangle will work for a sports flag. In general, rectangles are the easiest shape to work with because they give you the most space to create your design on. Some of the most common flag designs are bicolors, tricolors, and quarters, or use stripes, panels, and borders. The flag can also be a solid color with a unique symbol in the center. Alternatively, you can place a rectangle in the upper left hand corner called a canton (like on the American flag) that includes a symbol.  You could create a symmetrical flag, like Japan's flag, or an asymmetrical flag, like Norway's flag. Look at flags for other countries and sports teams to get ideas. If you really want a detailed flag, take a look at some of the state and community flags. As a general rule, you should only use 2 to 3 colors in your flag design. If you use more they can be hard to distinguish. The most common colors found on flags are black, blue, green, red, white, and yellow. You can use light and dark colors to create contrast.  You do not need to stick to the most popular colors. Instead, choose a color that symbolizes the place or organization your flag represents. Avoid colors that are too similar to each other, such as red and orange or navy and dark purple. They won't stand out as well.

Summary: Choose the shape for your flag. Choose a simple design. Use 2 to 3 colors.


One of the most popular options is KeepVid, which works with YouTube, Vimeo, and a number of other streaming sites. Downloading videos from streaming sites will most likely violate the site’s Terms of Service. Distributing copyright material without permission is illegal. Copy the entire URL (web address) for the video you want to keep. Paste the address into the field at KeepVid. After you have entered the URL, click the Download button next to the field. Do not click the big green Download button below the text field. This is an advertisement, and will open a bunch of pop-ups. After the video is loaded into KeepVid, you will be provided with several links allowing you to download the video in different formats. MP4 is playable on most devices and computers, while FLV has more limited support. You will be given several quality options as well. Higher quality videos (1080p, 720p) will take more hard disk space than lower quality (480p, 360p), so decide which is more important to you. Once you have decided on your format and quality, right-click the link and select Save As… You can choose to rename the file as well as tell your browser where on your computer you want it downloaded to.
Summary: Find a video downloading website. Enter the video URL. Select the file format. Download the video.