Do you think you can meet up with your family, smoothly, in an emergency? 災害時に、あなたの家族とスムーズに再会できると思っていますか？ What do you think? Many people plan to get in contact with their family in an emergency, assuming their cellphone will work. I always worry about how to find my kids in an emergency, without a cellphone. Our schools […]
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Does preparing your emergency stockpile give you stress? 災害用備蓄の準備があなたにとってストレスになっていますか？ If you can maintain mental separation between your normal, daily food and the food for your emergency stockpile, without getting stressed out, then you will be fine. Stockpile stress There are several ways preparing your emergency stockpile might cause stress or anxiety. It might seem like
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How can I avoid wasting long-term stockpile food? どうやったら長期備蓄の無駄を防ぐことができる？ Long-term emergency situations might happen only once in a blue moon. We might not even have one in our lifetime. Preparing for “the big one” is kind of like gambling, or if you prefer, like investing in the stock market. You might have heard about food
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Don’t use a nearby supermarket as your refrigerator. 近くのスーパーを冷蔵庫のように利用しないで No, no, no! Do not expect somebody to help you in an emergency, especially in a long-term emergency. In our last post (#40) we discussed the long-term stockpile. Let’s continue on that topic. Remember, during the COVID-19 pandemic, how it was impossible to find certain items
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Can you imagine needing to use your long-term stockpile? 長期備蓄が必要となる時を想像できますか？ When you imagine a long-term emergency, what do you think of ? I don’t mean to belittle anyone’s suffering, but we’re not talking about mere earthquakes or hurricanes. Tornadoes spin up frequently, volcanos erupt, wildfires rage, but none of these are long-term emergencies. These
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