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To: scion who wrote (1342)	12/28/2004 10:14:53 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5425

but did not have the names of government contacts to alert them... Well, then call someone, anyone. Someone will know someone who knows the right people to call. I guarantee that after the shock of it all dies down, people will start pointing fingers looking for someone to blame. For better or worse, blame seems to be a human need since "it's never our own fault", "God would never do this to me", and "there's no such thing as bad luck." If this sounds familiar, it's because it's supposed to. - Jeff

To: scion who wrote (1342)	1/1/2005 3:39:21 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 5425

The USGS knew of the earthquake and the threatening tsunami... but did not have the names of government contacts to alert them. At a New Years Party I attended, people were passing along a shocking rumor about who knew what when but failed to act. So I decided to check the net for it and found this: ===== Swedish paper reports tsunami warning halted out of concern for tourist industry Tsunami warning halted ‘for tourist industry’ 12/28/04 -- This from the Swedish paper Expressen. Just minutes after the earthquake in the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning, Thailand’s foremost meteorological experts were sitting together in a crisis meeting. But they decided not to warn about the tsunami “out of courtesy to the tourist industry,” writes the Thailand daily newspaper The Nation. The experts got the news around 8:00 am on Sunday morning local time. An hour later, the first massive wave struck. But the experts started to discuss the economic impacts when they discussed if a tsunami warning should be issued. The primary argument against such a warning was that there had not been any floods in 300 years. Also, the experts believed the Indonesian island Sumatra would be a “cushion” for the southern coast of Thailand. The experts also had bad information; they thought the tremor was 8.1. A similar earthquake occurred in the same area in 2002 with no flooding at all. One expert The Nation spoke with also noted that the department had only four earthquake experts among their 900-strong meteorological department. A second told The Nation that a tsunami warning was discussed but that because of the risk, they opted not to issue a warning. “We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season was in full swing,” the source said. “The hotels were 100 percent booked. What if we issued a warning, which would have led to an evacuation, and nothing had happened. What would be the outcome? The tourist industry would be immediately hurt. Our department would not be able to endure a lawsuit.” This story was first noted and originally translated at Democratic Underground. informationclearinghouse.info