On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 06:21:29 GMT, WaIIy
wrote:

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.

Right. All that is needed to become part of the Pacific Rim
Tsunami warning system is to ask and TO SUPPLY A CONTACT PERSON
who is able to receive the warning and disseminate it. It's
free, but you have to ask, and you have to show you can make
use of the information. Pacific Rim knew about the quake, and
suspected the results, but had no one in the area to pass
the information to. (According to Wall St. Jour.)