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To: beyond the sea

Who would he go after? The beach resort owners for not building walls to keep tsunamis out?


31 posted on 01/01/2005 7:06:07 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan
Who would he go after?

These guys perhaps:

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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 any floods in 300 years. Also, the experts believed the Indonesian island Sumatra would be a "cushion" for the southern coast of Thailand. ...We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season was in full swing. The hotels were 100% booked full.

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39 posted on 01/01/2005 8:20:26 AM PST by beyond the sea (Andrea Mitchell is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and the north end of a south bound mule.)
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