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  • #1

    It was only a matter of time

    http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050215/323/fcing.html


    "VIENNA (AFX) - A group of Austrian and German victims of the Asian tsunami disaster are to file a lawsuit demanding that Thailand, French hotel chain Accor (Paris: FR0000120404 - news) and US forecasters prove they reacted adequately to the disaster, their lawyers said.
    The suit, naming Accor and the US-run tsunami early warning system in the Pacific as well as Thai authorities, will be filed in a New York district court this week, the lawyers said in Vienna.

    'We found that serious lapses were committed,' said Herwig Hasslacher, one of the three lawyers for the group."

    So lets see: Our warning buoys in the pacific are supposed to detect events in the indian ocean BEFORE they hit the immediate area. Our NOAA is supposed to go into other countries and build early warning infrastructure,etc.

    The article also reports that the death toll is now 300k.
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  • #2
    Somewhere, someone's "Gives a **** " just broke. Again.
    What?

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    • #3
      you beat me to it, though the thread title isn't very descriptive. .

      It's obvious there were some screw ups. But lets be realistic, there was no system in place where american scientists were required to alert certain officials (they certainly tried). No procedure of who exactly to alert. and the fact taht tsunamis in the Indian ocean are rare, there was no alarm system. How could the hotels do anything?

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      • #4
        Thailand probably had no chance, but someone should definately have warned Sri Lanka and India.
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        • #5
          Next thing you know people are going to sue some temple for displeasing the gods.
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          • #6
            There seems to've been a failure of communication in Thailand, for which presumably someone is to blame, but blaming the tsunami-warning system for the Pacific seems entirely bizarre.

            Communications didn't work in Somalia either, despite the comparably very long time they had to get them out, but I suppose that's a special case.
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            • #7
              Ok, I can understand Thailand being sued since it occured in Thailand, I can even understandi suing the hotel since they were staying there, but why are they suing the US? It's not like the US controls what happens in the north Indian ocean.
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              • #8
                It's not like the US controls what happens in the north Indian ocean.


                Glad to see you're sticking to the approved story, Oerdin...
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                • #9
                  Haven't you heard about their secret earthquake machine?
                  Only feebs vote.

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                  • #10
                    Quiet you!!!
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Oerdin
                      Ok, I can understand Thailand being sued since it occured in Thailand, I can even understandi suing the hotel since they were staying there, but why are they suing the US? It's not like the US controls what happens in the north Indian ocean.
                      this is true, but the fact is scientists in the U.S. did detect the quake, and tried to warn officials. I forgot where I read that, but it was detected. But it's not the scientists fault if no one would answer their phone, or pay attention to their warnings. Under the present system, they did all they could do.

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                      • #12
                        It's Shrub's fault. He didn't treat the Indo-Australian plate with the respect it deserves.
                        Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

                        It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
                        The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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                        • #13
                          weren't some people blaming the U.S. for doing secret tests on the floor of the ocean?

                          we can always blame the navy.

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                          • #14
                            Yes there were. Reportedly, such beliefs are pretty common in Aceh.
                            Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

                            It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
                            The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Agathon
                              Haven't you heard about their secret earthquake machine?
                              Its not really ours, its more of a joint partnership between us, the Indians, and the jews.

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