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To: John Carragher who wrote (92420)12/27/2004 9:35:44 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (3) of 793801
 
early warning system may have saved thousands of lives if they could get inland and to higher land.

It doesn't necessarily take an expensive and complicated tsunami detection system. I can understand why peasants living in coastal areas would be taken by surprise but I'm a bit surprised at the tourists. Do they not get CNN or BBC news in their hotels? Did they not know there had been an earthquake? Many of the first-hand reports I've read described having felt a tremor so some surely knew. If there's been an earthquake and then the tide suddenly goes way out, sure, one's first instinct might be to poke around in the tidepools while scratching one's head. Sure, some tourists had only just arrived so they didn't know what normal tides were. But at some point, preferably before the wave is visible, the brain kicks in, puts two and two together, and tsunami registers with at least one person on the beach who then shouts a warning to others as he gets the hell outta there. I'm mystified about why it doesn't seem to have occurred to anyone.

For early warning, you can make huge inroads by just publicizing news of an earthquake to a population that's been educated on the ways of tsunamis. It may not be as effective as some fancy detection device, but it would have mitigated the human loss.
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