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Earthquake simulation drill

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School children wearing padded hoods to protect them from falling debris take part in an earthquake simulation exercise as part of an annual evacuation drill at an elementary school in Tokyo on Friday, a day before the sixth anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that killed thousands and set off a nuclear crisis.

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Good idea to be prepared for a big one and not to suffer unnecessary casualties. Give it all you've got, all children!

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Maybe helpful for keeping dirt and broken glass off of you, but anything else and that's going to be useless. But my grandchildren were wearing them when I pick them up at their school after the big quake

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sensei258 - they are very usefull also against fire, protect against cold and rain. A hard hat does only one thing right, and that is, protect against falling objects. It is useless in a classroom context. Schools in Japan are build so that nothing will fall down on children in an earthquake (and this was proved on March 2011). Hardhats must be adjusted to be effective, a task children will not be able to do.

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I quite like these hoods, the actually cover there heads and shoulders and back, a hard hat would only protect there head, and if its raining at the time of a disaster the rain of a HH would not offer a great deal of protection wheres the rain would run off and keep them dryer, also if the disaster happened during winter time these hoods would keep them a lot warmer.

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they are very useful also against fire

The ones my grandkids had on were NOT fire resistant. They looked like they were made from cheap chair cushions from Daiso.

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Were not Fire Resistant < In FACT, they made be made of something that will FLASH, while they're WEARING it. Almost ANY fire you hear of in Japan, is always major.

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jeeez - you people obvously never had kids in school, and never touched one of those cushions:( .

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