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Tsunami Siren Stirs Anger In Aceh
BBC ^ | 6-7-2007

Posted on 06/07/2007 2:19:10 PM PDT by blam

Tsunami siren stirs anger in Aceh

An earlier alert had sent thousands fleeing in panic

Residents near the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province have disabled a tsunami warning system. The residents cut the power to the siren on a tsunami warning tower by throwing rocks at it.

They were angered by a false alarm that sent thousands of people in the capital and a nearby area rushing from their homes to higher ground on Monday.

Many people in Aceh are still traumatised by the 2004 tsunami in which thousands were killed.

A false alarm on Monday morning in the Kaju district near the capital, Banda Aceh, caused panic, with thousands fleeing to higher ground.

Frustrated

When another siren sounded in nearby Lhoknga, frustrated residents threw rocks at its electrical panel, said Syahnan Sobri of the local Meteorological and Geophysics Agency.

"It was too high up, so they stoned it," he said.

Mr Sobri said that while the connection had been cut the actual warning equipment had not been damaged.

He added that technicians were being sent to the scene to survey the damage but that the warning system had been temporarily switched off in Banda Aceh and the surrounding area.

Indonesia was the country worst hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, which killed more than 168,000 people in Aceh alone.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aceh; anger; siren; tsunami

1 posted on 06/07/2007 2:19:11 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
After tsunami, Islamic religious police gain power in Aceh
2 posted on 06/07/2007 2:20:27 PM PDT by blam
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I can understand a little anger at a false warning, but damaging something that could potentially save you and your family from becoming crab food?

Stupid.


3 posted on 06/07/2007 2:22:33 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: blam
The residents cut the power to the siren on a tsunami warning tower by throwing rocks at it.

And the ghost of Darwin smiled a knowing smile.

4 posted on 06/07/2007 2:23:18 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
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To: blam
"It was too high up, so they stoned it," he said.

Which is pretty much their answer to most of life's problems.

5 posted on 06/07/2007 2:23:35 PM PDT by Gator101
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To: blam

Dr Darwin, you’re needed in Indonesia...


6 posted on 06/07/2007 2:24:59 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
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To: Gator101
Thus be it ever with Allah's flying floating monkeys...
7 posted on 06/07/2007 2:25:23 PM PDT by MarineDad (Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
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To: blam
"It was too high up, so they stoned it," he said.

So now, when allah sends his next tsunami to eradicate even more muslims, his plan will work. Allah doesn't like muslims. Allah doesn't like humans.

8 posted on 06/07/2007 3:19:01 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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“I can understand a little anger at a false warning, but damaging something that could potentially save you and your family from becoming crab food?”

Muslims. What else do you expect?


9 posted on 06/07/2007 4:48:58 PM PDT by indcons (Say "No" to the Bush-Kennedy-McCain amnesty bill of 2007)
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Muslims. What else do you expect?

Like I said, Stupid.
10 posted on 06/07/2007 5:35:49 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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