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allemand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 10:43 AM
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19. Sorry, but this time regional officials clearly are to blame
"We knew something would be hitting us" (Dr R S Dattatrayam, director (seismology) at India Meteorological Department).
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/971639.cms

That alone should have been motivation enough to issue a warning (like having the president or prime minister of the respective countries go on air and addressing the nation immediately).

On the other hand, I doubt that an expensive warning system for an event that happens on average every 100 years is that important. Efforts to raise public awareness (education), to facilitate internal communication in case of crisis (allowing Dr Dattatrayam to directly call the president/prime minister if need be) and to be able to inform the public quickly (direct access to mayor TV and radio stations) seem to make a lot more sense. They will be useful in all types of crises.

When you have a 9.0 seafloor earthquake, you know that there will be a tsunami and it doesn't really matter if the wave will be 3 or 33 feet high, you simply have to evacuate costal areas.
As far as I know, no warnings were issued.

Also, there is now criticism of government inaction in regional media, too, and I don't think that you want to blame them for "racism"...

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