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To: Gib Bogle who wrote (72638)	2/27/2010 3:01:27 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Gib, there are government departments up and down NZ who need to justify their existence. As always, they are great when there is no real problem and they can rush around wearing hats, high visibility clothing and ordering people around. <I find it bizarre that they are warning people to stay away from the water all around NZ after the Peruvians have already called off their tsunami warning. > What puzzled me is the difference in arrival times. 2 hours is a very long way for a big wave zooming over deep water. Meanwhile, NZ's government departments incur another $billion in debt each month doing their pointless and counterproductive things. That's a new Auckland Harbour Bridge each month. After 3 years, we could have 36 of them starting at North Head and right up the harbour, or perhaps just half a dozen and motorways linking Tauranga, Hamilton, Taupo, Auckland, Kerikeri, Ohakune. We wouldn't need one to Wellington because it will shrink to the northern equivalent of Picton when the taxpayer largess is cut off. An earthquake will physically reduce it too, one of these days. The tsunami now arriving in NZ isn't big enough to justify a trip to the beach. Mqurice