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I was watching a show about Tsunamis

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Ausm

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It was very interesting. The show centered around Japan and it showed there Tsunami early protection bouys
way out in the pacific off the coast of Alaska and the other grid was of the coast of Hawaii. These are deep
water probs that will detect incoming Tsunamis.

The Japanese also designed this cool looking geometric barrier which was place on strategic shore or shallow
sea areas that would help deminish the effects of the Tsunami.


My question is why doesn't India look into early warning devices such as this which could save thousands of lives?


Ausm
 
Originally posted by: jammur21
$$$
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exactly, when the U.S. detected the tsunami, we tried to warn india and all of that area, however they have no tsunami warning system and had no way to contact everyone over there so they just put it by the wayside. i think it was fox news who was talking about this yesterday and everything comes down to the cost, they had the head of the alaskan tsunami warning system on talking about it.

MIKE
 
Originally posted by: Ausm
It was very interesting. The show centered around Japan and it showed there Tsunami early protection bouys
way out in the pacific off the coast of Alaska and the other grid was of the coast of Hawaii. These are deep
water probs that will detect incoming Tsunamis.

The Japanese also designed this cool looking geometric barrier which was place on strategic shore or shallow
sea areas that would help deminish the effects of the Tsunami.


My question is why doesn't India look into early warning devices such as this which could save thousands of lives?


Ausm
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If you'd watch Day After Tomorrow, you would have seen thoes bouys too!
 
Originally posted by: Nithin
we probably will now. iirc this is the first known tsunami in the indian ocean.
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Bingo. Why spend the $$ on a system you aren't (or weren't) at risk for?
 
Originally posted by: apac
Originally posted by: Nithin
we probably will now. iirc this is the first known tsunami in the indian ocean.
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Bingo. Why spend the $$ on a system you aren't (or weren't) at risk for?
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true, the rarity of the event has precluded it
 
It will become a priority after this even to protect the asian oceans now, also more education for other countries including the West coast of the U.S and East Coast.


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by the way i seen that video you watched and Japan is really prepared for Tsunamis.
 
I can imagine this kind of project costing some big bucks. I doubt their current infrastructure could support any kind of upgrade for mass warning if this was to happen again.
 
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.
 
Originally posted by: KLin
I can imagine this kind of project costing some big bucks. I doubt their current infrastructure could support any kind of upgrade for mass warning if this was to happen again.
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It's not that much money.
NOAA spends about $3 million annually to operate the two tsunami warning centers and $4.5 million on the tsunami mitigation programs, said Jeff LaDouce, director of the Pacific region for NOAA's National Weather Service.
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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.
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I was under the impression this type of thing occurs alot.


Ausm
 
The Indian Ocean is usually much more calm than the Pacific, that is why none of the countries took any kind of precautions.

In addition to no warning system they have no physical protection against large waves as even the North Sea coast has, crappy boats, people cannot swim, much less rescue another person from water. Buildings are thinly constructed to start from and due to corruption built even flimsier than they were specified by the architect.

None of this will change.
 
Originally posted by: cello
Considering they may experience aftershocks for years to come I suspect they will. Sounds like a good UN project.
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Why would something like this be a UN project?

 
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.
 
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