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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (57312)	8/26/2014 7:03:59 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

Such warning systems are improving. We have a similar geophysical organisation in NZ. info.geonet.org.nz Warnings of tsunamis can be obtained on Cyberphones. That's how warnings are needed. At Mount Maunganui, the government has the silly idea of installing big sirens on poles. When sirens go off, people don't know what they are about because there is always somebody wanting a siren for their important business - fire, police, ambulance, civil defence, a salute to the mayor, this, that, and the other. Plus they have testing of the system a couple of times a year. By the time a real emergency is happening, people are blase and just annoyed by more noise. An alarm on a phone saying "10 metre wall of water heading your way. Run for the hills." is faster and explanatory. Especially when video is delivered of what happened to cause the wave. There is no need for a warning: "Global alarm - sea level rising today by another 0.01 millimetres. Advance warning - same expected again tomorrow due to Global Warming." Mqurice