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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:01 AM Original message |
US (NOAA) now claims foreknowledge of tsunami..... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. It seems like they acted properly. |
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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You and I see differently then..... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I see this as one more attempt to heap blame |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Exactly what should they have done ? |
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nascarblue (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. They haven't done anything yet. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:59 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Aid is not the NOAA... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. but how did they act? |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Blatant incompetence. This kind of thing needs to be... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Agreed. Incompetence on the part of the in situ |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I do not know exactly what they could have done... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Agreed |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Look to India, Sri Lanka and the other countries |
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shawcomm (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Blatant incompetence? |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Somewhere along the line there WAS incompetence... |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. They did what they could |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Agreed 150% |
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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Hmmm... dunno which branch here to respond to.... |
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Mistress Quickly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe those governments |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. It's not NOAA's responsibility to |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Did NOAA truly do everything it could? |
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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Wow - took me 10x as many words to say the same damn thing... |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. IMHO I believe the * admin wants to get rid of NOAA |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I hope not...I plan on working for them once done with my PhD |
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SariesNightly (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. Preventing prevention. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. If the Asian Governments didn't put a notice on the TeeV and radio |
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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Au contraire... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. So, they have to be told to act? |
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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Fine... if you're ok with just *ignoring* the other explanations.... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I will concede one point |
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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:53 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. lol - the "email" thing gotcha a bit? /eom |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Well, sorta. |
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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Fair 'nuff.... lol - to add insult to injury.... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I can see it now... |
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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That's soooo wrong..... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Dupe...sorry |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Well I get it now. NOAA sent an effin EMAIL WTF IS THAT you don't |
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ChairOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Good catch /eom |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. I am no expert on Tsunamis, and even I know |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. Well, maybe now, some big corporations can move in and |
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firebee (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Where the heck do you think all our IT jobs went... |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. I was just being sarcastic in response to another post... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. If there isn't, there should be, a RED HOT LINE to each nations |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. The CIA has been expirimenting with tsunami-control devices for years |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. LOL |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Probably for the oil. |
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SeveneightyWhoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. LMAO |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. CBC/NWI coverage yesterday morning said there was no warning system |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I saw news footage of a helicopter flying over an island in the |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. My mistake, You said they got the warning out after the tsunami struck |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I guess my point was that the warning came after the fact. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Reality Check |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. earthquake at sea = tsunami, big quake = big tsunami |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. I agree, any warning is better than none |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. In Homer, Alaska, they have tsunami warning sirens |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
49. The lesson from this is they need the warning buoys in ALL oceans |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. AKA "they were going to die anyway, so fuck'em!" |
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eyepaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. Wow, the DU is awash in geologically relevant threads today, |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. this isn't about predicting the quake but the tsunami |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. The actual earthquake is only a minor contributor to |
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eyepaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Not all undersea earthquakes |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
59. Just a thought |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I kinda asked that same question here: |
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