If you happen to live close to the desert border, you can pretty much calculate how long it will be before you have to carry your kids away, and abandon your home and your life as you know it.
もし砂漠の境界部分に住んでいたら 子供をかかえ、家を捨て、 それまでの人生を捨てて去るまで どれくらい短いかが実感できるでしょう