Flurries of snow turn Hehuanshan into an alpine wonderland, snow and ice gilding the forests, cars and bikes covered with a dusting too. This harsh winter is hardest on the local police.
This harsh winter is hardest on the local police. But just how do they keep themselves from getting chilled to the bone? They filmed this video to reveal all.
A policeman heads into a convenience store and picks up a selection of big and small sanitary pads. Then we’re back at the station where we see them putting on socks, and plastic bags over their feet, before sticking the pads into their gumboots. This is their secret trick.
Lin Fu-chang, Hehuan Station Police Chief: One of our colleagues remembered something that was shared with us by a school friend and by mountain climbers. They suggested we could use female sanitary products, pads, to line our snow shoes.
At 2,375 meters above sea level, this is Taiwan’s highest police station. The temperature averages just 3 to 5 degrees Celsius, and can go subzero during the night. All the officers here, old and young alike, now have the system down: cotton socks, plastic bags, sanitary pads, all go into the shoes. The pads keep feet warm and dry and keep the coldest rain and snow at bay.
Lin Fu-chang, Hehuan Station Police Chief: Because of the cold and wet conditions here in the snow, we particularly like to use maternity pads, which are bigger and thicker and very good value.
So the sanitary pad has a very important double use. These cops are glad to have extra protection as they serve the community here in Taiwan’s coldest region.
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