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kostya

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Mon Dec-27-04 01:55 PM
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16. How much of an alert network do you need? Won't telephones and radios

work? We get tsunami warnings here in the PNW now and then and they never materialize (yet). If you had a 9.0 quake, why wouldn't you just put out a general alert by all means that a tsunami might be in progress. They had plenty of time for that it seems. I don't see the need for a special warning system, especially if it is a rare occurence! Actually, where is it a regular occurence? - K

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