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Reusable pads look similar to disposable ones but are usually made from cotton or bamboo and fasten around your underwear with poppers.

“We all fastened our seat belts because we’re Venezuelans — we weren’t supposed to be there” in El Salvador, he said.

But it might mean more time sitting down, with the seat-belt fastened.

Like a pilot calmly instructing passengers to fasten their seat belts, Nielson suggested I wrap the fire-resistant “shroud” hanging from my bright yellow helmet around my face.

Raise your tray tables and your reclining seats, and fasten your seat belts.