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To: LindyBill who wrote (442632)	8/25/2011 9:02:43 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793846

Silly tsunami warnings for example: <They cry wolf so much now that when it's real problem you don't know until too late. > Fortunately, via Cyberspace there is all sorts of information to form one's own judgment without reference to the "We must be in charge" authorities who love nothing more than a terrorist act, or natural disaster, so they can swing into action and boss people around which is all they know. They do a very bad job of it "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job" ... but that doesn't diminish their enthusiasm for being in charge and stopping people doing good things. After too many years with nothing happening, they'd get laid off and have to get real jobs doing real work for real people. There are real catastrophes going to happen which are ignored. For example Lake Taupo is going to erupt, killing 50,000 people and destroying electricity supplies and a lot of farming and forestry. Wellington is going to be destroyed in an earthquake [near enough for government work], which is not necessarily a bad thing as it will put a lot of government people out of business for a while. Auckland without electricity is going to be a mess. Auckland's electricity comes from the Taupo region and along the Waikato River [which will be destroyed]. A Pacific Ocean tsunami from an offshore volcanic eruption or bolide splashdown will destroy 200,000 houses and people along NZ's east coast - people love building houses on sea level sand spits. Mqurice