IHI unveils tsunami-proof 'Noah's Ark' for those unable to flee

[yuiyoshida]

By TAKUMI FUJII/ Staff Writer Asahi Shinbum

AIOI, Hyogo Prefecture--Shipbuilder IHI Corp. has unveiled an unsinkable lifeboat for people unable to reach safe high ground in the event of a tsunami and for those physically unable to flee.

The vessel, which company officials proudly call a "contemporary Noah's Ark," was developed following the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, which saw thousands of people swept up in the tsunami that followed.



The craft will remain upright even if it hits a structure while moving at a speed of 36 kph an hour, said officials at IHI's Aioi district office in Hyogo Prefecture.

The Senshin Fukushikai Social Welfare Corp. in Mie Prefecture plans to deploy the boat at its facility on the coast of Shima, Mie Prefecture, by the end of this month.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201403150013

[hobbit709]

1. If you're unable to flee you're probably also unable to get to the boat.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. Seen it.

The 2009 Sony release of the John Cusack movie '2012', disaster porn for the 1%, in which the wealthy and powerful of the world have colluded to divert massive amounts of their countries' wealth to build a fleet of giant unsinkable lifeboats so that the world leaders and their rich cronies can survive the massive disasters as the tectonic plates shift drastically, causing most of the world to be destroyed in earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.