Well apparantly the Thai government also had at least 2 hours notice of the tsunami, but they chose not to issue a warning as they didn't want to disturb the tourists.

 

That's fecking stupid ! :S

Not having a go but the list is endless of natural disasters . Its a poor country so its food or warning equipment

QUOTE (NeoN @ Jan 5 2005, 12:33)

Not having a go but the list is endless of natural disasters . Its a poor country so its food or warning equipment

that is a fair point, but surely when they received news of the tsunami they could have warned them?

Yes, deffinatly. Of course there still would have been deaths, but I don't think there would have still been hundreds and thousands of them. Maybe this will make them eager to begin to build structures able to cope with such events if it were to happen again in the future.

Think it was 30ish min from the earthquake till the first waves hit . That would have been panic & saved very few lives and given warning "you are going to die"

QUOTE (Maria @ Jan 5 2005, 12:45)

Yes, deffinatly. Of course there still would have been deaths, but I don't think there would have still been hundreds and thousands of them. Maybe this will make them eager to begin to build structures able to cope with such events if it were to happen again in the future.

Good point but how high do the walls have to be ?

QUOTE (NeoN @ Jan 5 2005, 12:46)

Think it was 30ish min from the earthquake till the first waves hit . That would have been panic & saved very few lives and given warning "you are going to die"

but in others there was a much longer space of time till they first hit! it is understandable that in those places closer to the epicentre it would be harder. But had their been warnings atleast then those people would have had a chance wouldnt they? without them thousands of people who didnt need to die did.

I understand . All in all a very pointless waste of lives & hopefully lessons will be learned

QUOTE (NeoN @ Dec 31 2004, 09:49)

QUOTE (Phil rr @ Dec 31 2004, 01:17) we aren't close to any fault lines. which is nice. Neither were they the fault lines were under the sea, it was the tectonic plates shifting under the sea which caused the wave which hit the shore.

QUOTE (Maria @ Jan 5 2005, 12:45)

Yes, deffinatly. Of course there still would have been deaths, but I don't think there would have still been hundreds and thousands of them. Maybe this will make them eager to begin to build structures able to cope with such events if it were to happen again in the future.

i fink this is a bit like the village that got washed out last year - you can build walls so high, but if the sea comes up higher, which it can do easily, ur fucked

Yes, but at least there would be structures in place to DECREASE the damage, if any at all ..

i believe the way it goes is that sea front defences can only do so much :s

 

this was an abnormally high wave

Some guy lost 21 Members of his own family. That is so so sad. I think I would end up doing something so stupid if that happened to me.

Some guy lost 21 Members of his own family.  That is so so sad.  I think I would end up doing something so stupid if that happened to me.

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I don't have that many people in my family!

we aren't close to any fault lines. which is nice.

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We have quite a few fault lines doted in and around Britain, just none that are very violent or that active at the moment...