Very sad and I didn't know the number was that high. It could be that entire Thai families were wiped out and no one alive to make inquiries or produce any DNA sample for comparison. I don't recall seeing the number of still missing, but it must be high. Pete
Critics have said Thailand's tsunami warning system remains inadequate, partly because it isn't maintained properly. The government has said it is in good order.
That's a very good point. I've lived here almost 5 years now, and I've no idea what Hua Hin's warning system sounds like. Has anybody ever heard it? Does it work?
^ That indeed looks like one from other photos shown in a Google search. I can't find an article that lists the locations of all the 136 towers. The best I could find is the below from a 2012 The Nation article. It's not very clear. Pete
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EDIT: The map/photo is larger directly at the article site:
Well, I walk the beach most days, and in the unlikely event of the warning going off, I'd probably wonder what it was, but wouldn't have a clue what it actually was. With things like fire alarms, they have test times/days to make sure they work, and to let people know what they sound like.
Has anybody ever heard the Hua Hin Tsunami warning?
Critics have said Thailand's tsunami warning system remains inadequate, partly because it isn't maintained properly. The government has said it is in good order.
That's a very good point. I've lived here almost 5 years now, and I've no idea what Hua Hin's warning system sounds like. Has anybody ever heard it? Does it work?
I use an international warning system run by an NGO based in Queensland Australia. It will advise me via sms if there is any risk of a Tsunami in my current location. It does not cost anything and a few minutes of time to complete the form. Whilst Thailand does have a system in place it does raise the question as to its its effectiveness. I was working here at the time of Tsunami and thankful I was not on the beaches of southern Thailand.
dont worry about a tsumami in the gulf of thailand. That has never happend before and never will happen in a
hundret thousand years, because the gulf is not in the fire belt like the Andaman sea. The gulf is save and only affected by the monsun but not by earthquakes and tsumanis.
NOKYAI wrote:Great idea and free! Thanks for the link Bluesky.
My pleasure
It does seem to work. Provided early advisory warning following earthquake off Indonesia at the beginning of March this year. Well before anything from the media.
'Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way they ask for directions'. -Winston Churchill-
Pete
