ResearchMonkey
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kr5 said:Just like 3000 or so dead after 9/11 I guess... peanuts
.... but this was all natural duude, who are we to question the almighty Gaia *...grabs bong* "Oil-War!!!"
kr5 said:Just like 3000 or so dead after 9/11 I guess... peanuts
Thulsa Doom said:Yet another tragic situation hijacked by the "Lets use this event to justify my political thinking" people. How pathetic. And you guys call yourselves pillars of morality.
Heres all we need to worry about: HELP THE PEOPLE. LIMIT THE SUFFERING. MINIMIZE THE DEATH.
Lemme know when you grow up enough to see whats important in life. "Ha ha they are dead because they are stupid and poor" gets us no where.
A seismograph designed to detect the earthquakes that cause tsunamis was installed on the Indonesian island of Java in 1996, but the data it collects is not sent to the central government in Jakarta because the telephone line has been disconnected since an office move in 2000.
ResearchMonkey said:Who is the number ONE responder in this event? What nation is going to save more live post-event than any other?
tank girl said:*now, c'mon research chimpanzee, what are you tanked on? Bullshit, obviously...
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041229/full/041229-4.html
’[email protected]’ said:A monitoring station that could have provided early warning of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunamis lacked the telephone connection needed to relay news of the impending disaster,
A seismograph designed to detect the earthquakes that cause tsunamis was installed on the Indonesian island of Java in 1996, but the data it collects is not sent to the central government in Jakarta because the telephone line has been disconnected since an office move in 2000.
’the eViL CIA fact book said:Telephone system: general assessment: domestic service fair, international service good
domestic: interisland microwave system and HF radio police net; domestic satellite communications system
international: country code - 62; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 pacific Ocean
’[email protected]’ said:Officials in Jakarta were alerted to the earthquake that caused the giant waves by readings from the country's other 60 or so seismographs, but a lack of data from the specialized Java station prevented them from issuing a tsunami warning, says Nanang Puspito, head of the earthquake laboratory at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia.
’[email protected]’ said:Better-equipped warning systems elsewhere also failed to alert the relevant authorities. A network of seabed pressure sensors and seismographs, run by the United Nations, can detect Pacific Ocean tsunamis within minutes.
’[email protected]’ said:The system issued a warning about the 26 December earthquake just 15 minutes after it was detected, but the network is designed to serve countries around the Pacific Ocean, such as the United States and Australia. Officials in charge were unable to reach authorities in Indian Ocean nations.
’[email protected]’ said:The need for a similar system in the Indian Ocean has been discussed at regular intervals by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the UN body that runs the Pacific network, since at least 1999. The most recent meeting of the Commission to discuss the threat was in June 2004, although no direct action was decided upon.
’[email protected]’ said:Hazard-mitigation experts add that a lack of technology is only part of the problem. Bill McGuire, a hazard researcher at University College London, UK, says that Indonesian authorities could have worked out from their seismograph data that the quake would generate tsunamis.
’[email protected]’ said:"But that [alone] wouldn't help," he says. "You need a set of protocols about how to warn people, such as sirens on the streets. That's more critical than the science."
’CIA’ said:Radio broadcast stations India: AM 678, FM 43, shortwave 82 (1998) (6 years ago!!)
...and that is only one nation of more than a dozen
Thulsa Doom said:Then I suggest you get on board with your country eh? instead of spending your time complaining about giving help to people because they are brown or poor or stupid or have "corrupt" governments. Honestly, seeking every opportunity to divide and spouting smug platitudes of non-sympathy seem to be some peoples past time here. The time has come for all humans to support the massive effort that will be needed to keep MILLIONS more people from being added to the death toll from this disaster. If someone wants to argue with you about the politics of this situation tell them to fuck themselves. I dont care what side they are coming from. Give what you can. Do what you can. And spare us the close minded Im awsome - You suck attitude prevalent here.
On Sunday, Geoscience Australia issued an alert in Australia 33 minutes after the earthquake struck saying there was a risk of tsunami, McFadden said, but there was no one to receive the message in affected countries.
source, page 2
"Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor, they also shall cry themselves, but not be heard."