[TomGuy]

Many thousands might have been saved, but almost like a Hollywood disaster movie plot, Thailand's officials decided they didn't want to upset the tourists.

Tsunami Warning Was Stopped

Posted by Melpomene On News/Activism 12/29/2004 8:47:34 AM CST · 138 replies · 3,089+ views Wizbang ^ | December 28, 2004 | The Nation Just minutes after the earthquake in the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning, Thailand's foremost meteorological experts were sitting together in a crisis meeting. But they decided not to warn about the tsunami "out of courtesy to the tourist industry", writes the Thailand daily newspaper The Nation. The experts got the news around 8:00 am on Sunday morning local time. An hour later, the first massive wave struck. But the experts started to discuss the economic impacts when they were discussing if a tsunami warning should be made. The main argument against such a warning was that there have not been...

[BenLurkin]

Unbelievable!

[The Wizard]

think these assholes helped the tourist industry....

[Swede Girl]

I simply cannot believe, in this day and age, that there were no warnings after this earthquake. I thought that any and all earthquakes and tremors and were detectable.