WaIIy wrote in
:

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:06:32 GMT, Skip VerDuin
wrote:

Today I hear the US
(maybe USGS or NOAA) says "there was nothing we could do even though we
knew for hours it was going to happen" so maybe these agencies need a
swift kick to change an attitude.

What would you have them do?

The infrastructure to warn the people it affected is not in place.

Here is a good article on the lack of infrastructure for the warning:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...ing_usat_x.htm