Japan will fight earthquakes with vending machines that will offer free drinks and food

May 09, 2023

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He Country of the rising sun has a long history of natural disasters, among which we find everything from earthquakes to terrible tsunamis that devastated the country a few years ago and put the authorities in check. In Spain, some places are more prone to this type of phenomenon, but we do not live under the yoke of tectonic movements. Recently some vending machine companies have assured that they will offer new ways of fight the earthquakes.

There are many indications on what to do in the event of an earthquake. However, one of the most important things is to ensure the survival of the population and this happens, according to information published in The Guardian, by offering free drink and food to the population. The first initiative of this type has already been implemented in the ako city.

I was in Japan during the Earthquake. Suntori and other vending machine companies told people how to break into their machines without damaging it or contents. People waited in line for cabs to get home, orderly. Here in the US, they treat you like a criminal if you’re desperate.

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In this town, which has a long history of natural disasters behind it, they have installed a couple of vending machines able to hold up 300 bottles and cans of drinks and 150 food items emergency, which also includes some nutritional supplements. His facility has taken place in buildings that are labeled as shelters in case of evacuation, since that area of ​​the country expects to receive a powerful earthquake in the coming decades.

Some people on social networks, as is the case of the woman whose tweet we show on these lines, assure that in JapanUnlike other countries, They take the care of the population very seriously. in catastrophic scenarios. The woman points that:

I was in Japan during an earthquake. Suntori and other vending machine companies told people how to break their machines without damaging the vending machine or its contents. People waited in line to hail taxis and go home, in order. Here in the US, they treat you like a criminal if you are desperate.

The companies of these vending machines have designed them in such a way that they are unlocked and offer the content for free in the event of heavy rain warnings or evacuation orders, after the warning of class 5 earthquakeson the Japanese scale, which reaches its maximum value at number 7.

Earth Corp is the company responsible for manufacturing these machines, which do not, however, have another function already installed in other tokyo machineswhere they are issued emergency announcements via radio. These will also be activated in case of scale 5 earthquakes and will inform the population about the evacuation process and any type of vital information.

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