Ah, Japan. So weird that Austin and Portland look normal.Convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. will equip outlets with unsinkable lifeboats in three cities at high risk of tsunami for customers and employees unable to flee.
Seven-Eleven announced it will provide the lifeboats at its shops in the three locations where severe damage is anticipated due to a possible earthquake that could strike under the Nankai Trough off Japan’s Pacific coast.
The company is scheduled to install the capsule-shaped vessels at the Izu Mito Sea Paradise Mae store in the Uchiura Mito district of Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and two other outlets in Kochi and Aichi prefectures. The provision is expected to start from late this month.
The company says this is the first deployment by a commercial facility.
The tsunami lifeboat, made of fiber-reinforced plastic, measures about 8.7 meters long and 3.5 meters wide, equivalent to two vehicles.
It can carry up to 25 passengers and is equipped with three-point-fixing seatbelts that secure passengers at both shoulders and the waist. A week’s supply of food and water can be stored under the floor.
The Tokyo-based company chose those three stores to receive the lifeboats as they have no evacuation sites nearby--a fact that came to light in the company’s investigation of its 769 outlets across the country that are anticipated to be engulfed with destructive 4-meter-plus waves in possible tsunami situations.
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http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703210060.htmlDidn't rate Ridiculous News, since drowning is pretty permanent.
