Salt? Why should we set up salt in our long-term stockpile? Salt is essential for maintaining our health, and we can’t live without it. Quite often, we eat food without realizing that it contains salt. Maybe you have never checked the list of ingredients on your food’s packaging, and you failed to notice the salt. […]
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Wait a minute. How to start a fire in an emergency situation… Fire is the reason we can eat rice, meat, pasta, beans, etc. Even if we prepared everything in our emergency stockpile, without fire, we’re in trouble. Maybe eating cold food is OK for some situations, but having a fire is essential if you
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Haven’t you forgotten something? “Domestic water!!” 生活用水を忘れていませんか？ Drinking water is the highest priority in emergency situations. We usually prepare drinking water first, as the top priority on our emergency list, and rightfully so. But we tend to forget about domestic water in our home because a lack of domestic water will not kill us. Remember,
How to Get Domestic Water? #14 どうやって生活用水を確保する？ Read More »
Where is there a river? creek? lake? or pond? near me? 近所に川や池があったっけかなあ？ In an emergency situation, do not completely rely on your cellphone or the internet. Nowadays, everyone is pushing “paperless this” and “paperless that.” Everyone seems to be “going paperless.” It is a ubiquitous buzzword and an unavoidable trend. But wait a minute. If
Do You Know Where a River, Creek or Pond Is Nearby? #13 どこに川・湖・池があるか知ってますか？ Read More »
Water Well? Well? for emergencies? 井戸水？井戸？緊急時に？ When we are in the middle of an emergency, we can not expect to keep our normal, daily lifestyle. Our area’s water supply might be cut off by the disaster, and we might not know when it will be restored. If our municipal water treatment plants are without
Do You Know Where There Is a Water Well Near You? #12 近くに井戸水はありますか？ Read More »