Do I really need to buy warm emergency clothes? 絶対に災害用防寒着を購入しないとダメ？ Please remember, there are alternatives to buying new, emergency cold-weather clothes. You don’t have to buy a bunch of expensive, new clothes, if you don’t want to. If you live in an area with a warm climate, you may not even be able to buy […]
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Before I buy emergency winter clothes, what do I need to know? 災害用防寒着を買う前に何か知っておくことは？ Let’s imagine you have to stay inside a refrigerator for 2 days. To get a feel for it, open up your refrigerator and stand in front of it for 2 minutes. What do you think? You need warm clothes, right? People who
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What emergency cold-weather gear should I prepare for a blackout? 大停電時用にどの災害用防寒具を準備しておくべき？ After a big disaster, if you don’t need to evacuate from your home, you will be lucky. How lucky? Well, it depends on how well you prepared. If there is a major power outage, a blackout on an unprecedented scale across town, can you
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What emergency cold gear should I prepare for evacuation? 避難用にどの災害用防寒具を準備するといい？ Say you’re caught in a major disaster. Let’s compare two different scenarios: one where you prepare and evacuate before the disaster strikes, and another where you evacuate afterward. These two situations will be very different, and when we prepare our emergency cold-weather gear for evacuation,
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Why might we get hypothermia in an emergency situation? なぜ災害時に低体温になってしまうの？ Surprisingly, keeping your body warm is tougher than you might think. In the worst case scenario, where you’re stuck out in the cold, you might suppose that simply keeping your body moving will help keep you warm, but that is not a good option. If
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