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Disaster Preparedness for Pregnant Women and Small Babies, Part 1 #103

What you should know about evacuating with your baby. 赤ちゃんと一緒に避難する時に何を知っておくべき？ You can find lots of pictures of emergency bags on the internet, but it’s hard to find info about emergency bags for moms with small babies. Survival videos and survival experts don’t often discuss babies or pregnancies. Maybe they think pregnancies and early childhood don’t […]

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Prepare a Safe for Emergencies (2) #102

Which safe is good for emergencies? Nowadays, a safe is not just for money, gold bars, and expensive jewelry. You can think more casually about having a safe. It’s your very own keepsake storage — a secure, small box in your home. Think about this for a minute. What is your most important possession or

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Making Temporary Lights for Emergencies #70

How to make a temporary light for short-term emergencies. 短期災害時にできる代用品ライトの作り方は？ Perhaps, you think that you have no choice but to buy lanterns to prepare for emergencies? For short-term emergencies, we expect things to go back to normal within 2 weeks (we hope). So, we don’t want to light fires and use candles during this time.

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Prepare Lights for Emergencies (1) #69

Which light sources should I prepare for short-term emergencies? 短期災害用にどのライトを準備するといい？ Did you ever play with a flashlight in the dark when you were a kid? It was OK then, because you knew you were safe. But if you have a widespread blackout after a big disaster, you will be in big trouble without light. At

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Prepare an Emergency Radio #68

Which radio should I prepare for emergencies? 非常用にどのラジオを準備しておくといい？ Nowadays, how often do you see people who use a radio in their home?? It is very rare to hear the sound of a radio, in a home, right? There have been a few times, recently, when I heard music coming from what I thought was a

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