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"Japan has extended its natural disaster preparations to vending machines,
which will offer free food and drink in the event of a major earthquake or
typhoon.
Two machines have been installed in the western coastal city of Ako, located in
a region that seismologists say is vulnerable to a powerful earthquake that is
expected to hit the country’s central and south-west pacific coast in the next
few decades.
The machines, which contain about 300 bottles and cans of soft drinks and 150
emergency food items, including nutritional supplements, have been installed
near buildings that have been designated as evacuation shelters.
They are designed to “unlock” and make their contents available free of charge
in the event of a heavy rain warning, or an evacuation order after a quake of
an upper five or higher on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of seven,
according to the
Mainichi Shimbun.
Their contents must be paid for the rest of the time, the newspaper added."
Via
The Fixer June 7, 2023:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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