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The summer is coming even though the rainy season hasn’t finished yet. Rainy seasons usually finish in early July, but it still lasts this year. It rained heavily for two days and there were some bad floods on Kyushu island, where I live. Fortunately, my living area is safe.
You know, there was a big earthquake last year in Japan and it caused a severe accident on a nuclear plant in Fukushima, so the government decided to stop all of the nuclear plants in Japan. Electricity is too little to cover the amount of electricity to stay cool in a hot summer. The planned outage may carry out this summer, though it didn’t happen yet.
I can’t turn on a air conditioner during a day time, although my dog Charlie is in the living room alone. The maximum temperature in the middle of the summer is rising to 35 degree Celsius, so I’m afraid whether he is okay or not. I was looking for something to keep him cool without electricity and finally I found it!
It is called “Ice Cube.” Look at the picture on the left. It is the tag of it. It is a cube box made of non-woven cloth and it has three pockets to insert a chemical thing to keep cool. I’m not sure what is called in English. It can keep something cool during a few hours. It is reusable. You put it on the refrigerator after you finished to use it and you can use it next time. The material looks like gel. It is soft in a room temperature, but it turns hard and cool as ice when you cool it in the refrigerator.
Back to the story. I freeze two frozen ones and put them into the pockets. It keeps him cool while he is in there. He is a miniature dachshund, so he likes a narrow and closed place. This cube is suitable for miniature dachshunds. That’s why the company who made it used a miniature dachshund as a image character for this product. It is printed on the tag!
You know, there was a big earthquake last year in Japan and it caused a severe accident on a nuclear plant in Fukushima, so the government decided to stop all of the nuclear plants in Japan. Electricity is too little to cover the amount of electricity to stay cool in a hot summer. The planned outage may carry out this summer, though it didn’t happen yet.
I can’t turn on a air conditioner during a day time, although my dog Charlie is in the living room alone. The maximum temperature in the middle of the summer is rising to 35 degree Celsius, so I’m afraid whether he is okay or not. I was looking for something to keep him cool without electricity and finally I found it!
It is called “Ice Cube.” Look at the picture on the left. It is the tag of it. It is a cube box made of non-woven cloth and it has three pockets to insert a chemical thing to keep cool. I’m not sure what is called in English. It can keep something cool during a few hours. It is reusable. You put it on the refrigerator after you finished to use it and you can use it next time. The material looks like gel. It is soft in a room temperature, but it turns hard and cool as ice when you cool it in the refrigerator.
Back to the story. I freeze two frozen ones and put them into the pockets. It keeps him cool while he is in there. He is a miniature dachshund, so he likes a narrow and closed place. This cube is suitable for miniature dachshunds. That’s why the company who made it used a miniature dachshund as a image character for this product. It is printed on the tag!
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You know, there was a big earthquake last year in Japan and it caused a severe accident at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, so the government decided to stop all of the nuclear plants from operating in Japan.
The electricity we are provided whith is too little to cover the amount of electricity we need to stay cool in the hot summer.
The planned outage may carry out this summer, though it hasn't happenned yet.
I can’t turn on my air conditioner during the day time, although my dog Charlie is in the living room alone.
The maximum temperature in the middle of the summer is rising to 35 degree Celsius, so I’m afraid as to whether he is okay or not.
I was looking for something to keep him cool without electricity and finally I found it!
Here is the tag of it.
It can keep something cool for a few hours.
You put it on the refrigerator after you finished using it and you can use it again next time.
It is soft at room temperature, but it turns hard and cool as ice when you cool it in the refrigerator.
> your dog is lucky to have you as an owner
Thank you! I'm hoping that he feels so.
The summer is coming here, even though the rainy season hasn’t finished yet.
Summer arrived June 20th.
Rainy seasons in Japan usually finish in early July, but it still lasts this year it continues.
I saw on the TV news the flooding in Southeast Japan. I hope you're high & dry.
It rained heavily for two days, and there were some bad floods on Kyushu island, where I live.
Fortunately, my living area neighborhood is safe.
You know, there was a big earthquake and tsunami last year in Japan, and it caused a severe accident on damage to a nuclear plant in Fukushima, so the government decided to stop all of the nuclear plants in Japan.
There isn't enough electricity is too little to cover the amount of electricity to stay cool in a hot summer.
The A planned outage may carry out occur this summer, though it didn’t hasn't happened yet.
I can’t turn on a the air conditioner during a daytime, although my dog Charlie is in the living room alone.
The maximum temperature in the middle of the summer is rising to 35 degree Celsius, so I’m afraid I worry whether he is okay or not.
The word "whether" includes its alternative, so you need not recite "whether or not" since "or not" is implied in the word "whether."
I was looking for something to keep him cool without electricity and I finally found it!
It is the its tag of it.
It is a cube-shaped box made of non-woven cloth, and it that has three pockets in which to insert a chemical thing substance to keep cool.
I’m not sure what is called in English.
There is a substance we call "blue ice" which we freeze and then use to keep things, like lunches, cool.
You put it on in the refrigerator after you finished to use it and so you can use it again next time.
The material looks like a gel.
I freeze froze two frozen ones of them and put them into the pockets.
It keeps him Charlie cool while he is at home in there.
That’s why the company who made it used a miniature dachshund as a the image character for this product.
Ice has many uses. When my daughter was a baby in 1970, I had a Toyota Corona, without air conditioning. We once went on a drive in some very warm weather, and placed an ice block wound in a towel with the baby in her crib. It kept her nice and cool.
Charlie is lucky to have such caring owners.
I think you're right, but for the Japanese people, summer will arrive when the rainy season finished or you started to feel hot.
Fortunately, I'm safe, though I live near the river and the sea.
There are severe damages in the internal regions.
> and placed an ice block wound in a towel with the baby in her crib. It kept her nice and cool.
That's clever, isn't it?
Your story reminded me of my father's old car. I don't remember what kind of car he owned, but it didn't has an air conditioner nor auto-powered windows.
Further back, into the 1950s, most cars also had what were called "wing windows." They were small triangular windows that, when opened, allowed a fresh breeze into the car without opening the entire window.
> small triangular windows
Were they near drivers' seats? Some of cars have the same windows, even though we can't open them, just to keep clear views like this:
http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200607/2007-opel-corsa-24_600x0w.jpg
There were other vents bringing air in at the floor. We sometimes used a block of ice in a pan so that air would be cooled. Good for the passenger, but not for the driver.
There were other vents bringing air in at the floor. We sometimes used a block of ice in a pan so that air would be cooled. Good for the passenger, but not for the driver.
That's so useful!
Do you know the company named "Iris Oyama," which is based in Sendai? My dog Charlie really likes this cube.