The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake triggered a tsunami off Japan’s coast that killed almost 16,000 people and injured 6,000 more. Tsunami early warning systems prompted evacuations, but some physically couldn’t leave—mostly children, the elderly, and the infirm. What if you could protect the immobilized from nature’s worst? Survival Capsule, a small company just north of Seattle, Washington, is channeling its founders’ decades of aerospace experience into building ultrastrong spheres for people to shelter inside during catastrophic storms.
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