US (NOAA) now claims foreknowledge of tsunami..... [View All]

Their answer to the "well why the fuck didn't you tell anybody?" question comes in 4 parts:

(1) We didn't know who to tell.

(2) We told people. Dunno what they did with the info.

(3) We were scared about it being an expensive false alarm.

(4) Given the time it takes to evacuate, the warning wouldn't have done any good.

But at least we knew! 44,000 dead? Bah! USA! USA! USA!

And I just *love* the fatalistic attitudes they're copping:

"Even if you give the tourist resorts in Thailand a half-hour's notice, it is no easy matter to evacuate vast swaths of coastland," he says. "You have to plan and train people. And then do it all over again."

Properly motivated, I could run 5 miles in 30 minutes. And then climb the stairs of the largest nearby building.

Just wait - pretty soon they'll be saying it was god's will.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=14&u=/usatoday/20041228/ts_usatoday/scientistsinusasawtsunamicoming