Strike out or free run? What about home run?

Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man. Luke 21:36

In a baseball game, some players swing hard, yet get three strikes and are out. Some are given free runs, some steal the base, some do home runs.

Using baseball terminology, Bill Clinton said in his 1994 State of the Union Address:

"Now those who commit crimes should be punished. And those who commit repeated, violent crimes should be told, 'When you commit a third violent crime, you will be put away, and put away for good. Three strikes, and you are out.'"

In giving his disciples an executive brief in regard to the things to happen after his departure but before his return, Jesus said something interesting: escape or stand.

Depending on who you are and what you do "all these things" may or may not happen? Yes, they (all these things like earthquakes, tsunami, etc.) do. Yet, some "may" be able to escape, but some may "not". 

So who escapes, who doesn't?

In the day of Noah, the flood did hit "all" people on the face of the earth. But only a few escaped.
So watch and pray, we are told. Matthew 26:41; John 1:12; 3:16