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Originally Posted by ninty9
I heard on the news that they are saying this could be the worst natural disaster in all of human history. Unbelievable.
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It's hard to believe that a bit more warning couldn't have been given to countries further
from the quake, seismologists knew immediatly that it was 9 on the richter scale, and the
nearest countries were hit soon after, and apparently it took 2 hours for the waves to get to
India, Sri Lanka etc. yet they were left completely unaware of it..? Jesus, they do have radios
and phones etc there...couldn't someone have called someone? a lot of people could have
gotten well inland with an hours notice...what's the point of all this bloody monitoring then?[/quote:03392]
Good point. I'm sure that if this had taken place closer to Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand or any other countries like that then the word would spread quickly and governments would probably try to start evacuating people from the coast, although 2 hours isn't a lot of time to do that.
I think probably the best means would be the media, but most of these countries are third world countries. I'm sure most of the dead live in poverty and have limited access to these means.
Sad none the less.