みんながやってる台風14号の対策方法しらべ【にしつーしらべ】

It looks like Typhoon No. 14, one of the strongest on record, is expected to make landfall in Kyushu tomorrow, 9/18. Nishinomiya may also see its effects from Monday the 19th through Tuesday the 20th.

Here at Nishitsu, we ran a survey asking how people are preparing for the typhoon, and received the following comments.
(Thank you very much for sharing your preparedness tips!!)

Fill up your car’s gas tank.

Keeping your gas tank full is apparently recommended as a disaster preparedness step, since your car can provide a heated or air-conditioned space during a power outage, and can also be used to charge smartphones.

If you use covers on your motorcycle or bicycle, strong winds can catch the covers and knock them over, so it’s a hassle, but it’s better to remove the covers.

Motorcycle covers apparently act like yacht sails, catching the wind across their entire surface, which makes motorcycles several times more likely to fall over.

I’ve already tied my bicycle to the fence. Tomorrow I’ll put away the flowerpots and laundry pole. I’m scared they’ll go flying.

Bring anything on the balcony indoors, no matter what.

I brought the laundry pole inside and tied down the fixtures that hold the pole.

Don’t hang laundry outside.

When drying laundry indoors, it seems you can use a dehumidifier and air circulator, or the dehumidifying function on your air conditioner.

Fill the bathtub with water.

Tape cardboard over window glass. If you don’t have any, at least apply masking tape (sold at home centers).

If you live in a high-rise apartment, buy mineral water and other supplies at supermarkets, drugstores, etc. in case of a power outage. That’s because water may not reach the upper floors if the power goes out. Also, store water in the bathtub, buckets, and so on.

This may be common sense, but don’t go outside unless you need to. I think your own safety should come first.

Stay at home.

Don’t go out.

You never know what the wind might send flying, so when a storm warning is in effect, it’s probably best to stay away from windows and hunker down indoors.