It's Rumsfeld's fault.
some video on FNC now.
Thailand was in the process of setting up one of these warning systems. It was implimented in part of Thailand, but not yet operational in the part of Thailand that was hit.
Monday morning quaterbacks who suddenly have insight.
Women, minorities hardest hit...
Ironic Name Award.
A 9.0 earthquake in the sea was a huge clue.
An elaborate system was not needed in this case.
The tsunami warning system is apparently nonexistent in these countries. What's flawed is the mental function of all the educated tourists who figured it made sense to put on their bikinis and go play on the beach, at the edge of the ocean which just hosted one of the largest earthquakes in a century!
I found it interesting that there was also a (7.9 ? 8.1 ? ) earthquake in Antarctica just last week.. also about 6 to 8 miles deep..
The scientists based there slept right through it.. I understand the native penguins were "nonplussed, but committed to carrying on with planned fishing and egg-laying events"..
According to Drudge there has not been a tsunami in the Indian Ocean since Krakatoa blew up in 1883.How does one plan for an event that has not happened in 121 years? It's like saying Victoria Texas should have has plows and salt trucks because it snowed there again on Christmas, just like it did in 1918.
Residents and tourists fleeing from a wave approaching the coast of Phuket, Thailand. From hardest-hit Sri Lanka to resort islands in Thailand, holidaymakers from Britain described the destruction caused when tidal waves triggered by a powerful earthquake off Indonesia hit their resorts, in messages to radio, television stations and news agencies back home.(AFP/Thai TV via Euronews)
Luckily, the 9/11 commission will not question these scientists about what they should have done about something they didn't know was going to happen.