Californian building a "life-saving capsule" in the event of a tsunami Bashny.Net

California designer Chris Robinson was so impressed catastrophic tsunami in Japan in 2011, he decided to protect his family in case a similar natural disaster was coming to his home town of Palo Alto.
Immediately after the Japanese tsunami Robinson started the construction of the capsule, which gave the name Tsunamiball.





For almost 10 months of continuous work the designer has turned the wooden capsule impressive size. The length of the capsule is 6.5 meters, width of 3 meters and a height of about 2.8 meters. Inside the ark resembles a giant barrel, it does have a few windows on the sides. In the underground of the ark is the cargo bay.



It is the ark for 90% of wood. Only a few of its parts are made of metal or plastic. The basic material was selected thick 6, 4-cm plywood, whose main task is to provide buoyancy and strength to protect against debris. It sticks together Robinson epoxy resin, and to increase resilience, covered with polyester.
Ark Chris has already passed its first test, despite the fact that the overall readiness of his invention, as he says, does not exceed 80%.



The final touch to the work on Tsunamiball will install the motor, but the designer of its type still deliberating. By the end of this year, Chris Robinson plans to complete all the tests on the strength of his creation, after which it will be erected on the roof of the garage near the house, and if necessary, will serve as a guest bedroom.



Source: www.sooziq.com