10 Wearable Habitats To Shelter You From the Apocalypse

fangmcgee writes "The end may not be nigh, but with vicious storms, severe flooding, and rising temperatures becoming the new normal, the apocalypse might be closer than we think. In the case of a cataclysmic event that could displace thousands, if not millions, of people, the availability of emergency shelter becomes a pressing concern. Here are 10 'wearable shelters' that serve as protective all-weather garments in the day and insulating dwellings at night."

Universal survival tool

[Freshly Exhumed]

All one needs is a towel.

Re:Universal survival tool

[ColdWetDog]

All one needs is a towel.

That isn't entirely correct. One of the big issues I have with Mr. Adams is that he totally ignored WD40 and Duct tape. I don't care if he thinks he knows the answer to everything, your travel bag is not complete without those two essentials.

Re:Not impressed

[ColdWetDog]

And none of these can be created with a 3D printer. What is wrong with these people?

Re:Universal survival tool

[Noughmad]

That may be true. However,

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost." What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

To summarize, if you know where you towel is, other people will lend you WD40, duct tape, cats and toast with butter. That should be enough for any apocalypse.

Apocalypse?

[Kozar_The_Malignant]

How can they handle the apocalypse when they can't even handle being Slashdotted?

Re:Universal survival tool

[g0bshiTe]

Strange, add WD40 + duct tape + towel and you get 42.

I'll be the envy of all...

[mt1955]

... at the next Occupy Movement sit-in with my new Ecouterre wearable habitat!