I was watching a show about Tsunamis

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Ausm

Originally posted by: Stark
the threat of tsunamis in the indian ocean is suppoesed to be extremely low. if you look at the map, the origin of the earthquake that started was in almost the perfect place to cause maximum damage. odds of that happening were pretty low.

I was under the impression this type of thing occurs alot.


Ausm

Define "a lot".

An 8+ earthquake is pretty rare in and of itself, let alone the massive tsunami that such a huge earthquake can produce should it happen in the ocean.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: cello
Considering they may experience aftershocks for years to come I suspect they will. Sounds like a good UN project.

The last thing any Third World country should want to hear is: "We're from the UN and we're here to help."

Perhaps the UN will get around to it when they are not busy holding press conferences accusing the US of being stingy, covering up the Oil-For-Food corruption, condemning Israel, ignoring genocide, or forcing little girls in the Congo into prostitution.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: shimsham
what about televisions and telephones? or send a patrol car through the dangerous areas, spreading the word? even with no "system" they should still be able to warn those in danger.

There was no system in place to get that warning out to people. From what I've read, American scientists were trying to find someone to contact to warn them of the incoming waves and then to get those people to believe that they were not pulling a prank. By the time they finally got into communication with a gov't official, it was too late.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Ausm

Originally posted by: Stark
the threat of tsunamis in the indian ocean is suppoesed to be extremely low. if you look at the map, the origin of the earthquake that started was in almost the perfect place to cause maximum damage. odds of that happening were pretty low.

I was under the impression this type of thing occurs alot.


Ausm

Define "a lot".

An 8+ earthquake is pretty rare in and of itself, let alone the massive tsunami that such a huge earthquake can produce should it happen in the ocean.

Not only that major storms has flooded that area numerous times.


Ausm

 

[athithi]

Originally posted by: Ausm

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
India has bigger problems.

we have a winnar :beer:

they'd rather spend money developing nukes to keep pakistan in check

I agree that is ridiculous.


AUsm

Yeah, it's ridiculous trying to protect the nation against a known, definite, defeatable/containable enemy than extremely rare, monumental, unannounced natural disasters :roll: About 99.99% of people in the areas hit could not have spelled Tsunami (yes, I am talking about those that could spell, to begin with 😛).

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: athithi

Originally posted by: Ausm

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
India has bigger problems.

we have a winnar :beer:

they'd rather spend money developing nukes to keep pakistan in check

I agree that is ridiculous.


AUsm

Yeah, it's ridiculous trying to protect the nation against a known, definite, defeatable/containable enemy than extremely rare, monumental, unannounced natural disasters :roll: About 99.99% of people in the areas hit could not have spelled Tsunami (yes, I am talking about those that could spell, to begin with 😛).

I don't think many of them speak English to begin with..based on my experiences with tech support calls 😛

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: athithi

Originally posted by: Ausm

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
India has bigger problems.

we have a winnar :beer:

they'd rather spend money developing nukes to keep pakistan in check

I agree that is ridiculous.


AUsm

Yeah, it's ridiculous trying to protect the nation against a known, definite, defeatable/containable enemy than extremely rare, monumental, unannounced natural disasters :roll: About 99.99% of people in the areas hit could not have spelled Tsunami (yes, I am talking about those that could spell, to begin with 😛).

WTF are busting my balls for numbnuts...If they can't aford to protect their people from natural disasters which also includes flooding then WTF do they blow billions on Nuke research? Is that really fvcking difficult for you to grasp?!?!

Nukes have no place in our society.

Ausm

 

[athithi]

Originally posted by: Ausm
WTF are busting my balls for numbnuts...If they can't aford to protect their people from natural disasters which also includes flooding then WTF do they blow billions on Nuke research? Is that really fvcking difficult for you to grasp?!?!

Nukes have no place in our society.

Ausm

Nukes ought to have no place in our society, I agree. The rest of your post is just an attempt to sound outraged, pottymouth. There is no relation between India addressing her security needs and the lack of tsunami preparation in India! Wouldn't it be nice if all nations could start from scratch and deal with problems and issues in a neatly stacked order of decreasing priority while the world around them waited patiently and peacefully? Even then, a Tsunami would've been about 1,000,000th item down in the stack! The coastal regions of South India are hardly flood prone :roll: If anything, they suffer more from drought!

When the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth could not protect its citizens from a well known terrorist who had openly declared his intention to cause harm within a quantifiable time-frame, you expect a developing nation to prepare for indeterminate natural disasters beyond the call of national security against an inimical neighbour? Thanks for your concern, but your outrage while well-intended, is utterly misplaced.