Doug Carlson writes from Hawaii to tell us about his Tsunami Lesson site which is a MUST READ…… Brilliant:

“Hawaii State Senator Les Ihara forwarded your ‘Tsunami Questions, Few Answers‘ e-mail. I’ve been blogging since Jan. 2 on this issue and would welcome your visit to my site.

“I’m a former reporter and former corporate communications manager who had to reach mass audiences in a timely fashion, so we naturally used the mass media. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center doesn’t see much of a role for the mass media in issuing warnings, as three months of writing on this blog documents. My visit to the Center and two-hour meeting with its director last Friday revealed that the National Weather Service “won’t allow” the PTWC to proactively engage the news media as another channel to send tsunami warnings to regions in peril. It seems inconceivable. I’ve written today to a NOAA communications officer and asked several policy-related questions.

“Interesting that you used Lila Rajiva’s column on your site today; while she’s ‘out there’ pretty far, I thought enough was pertinent to my premise that I linked her from my site back on January 7.

“My post today pans the NOVA show, which was nothing more than a travelogue and VNR — video news release — for the Center. At the bottom of today’s post please note that scientists this week made it clear they believe any quake 8.0 or above will probably generate a major tsunami. Back in December, with the same assumption (presumably), they waited for over an
hour to kick out a bulletin that mentioned a possible tsunami. This time it only took 19 minutes.

http://tsunamilessons.blogspot.com/

THEY KNEW THE QUAKE WAS COMING

Check this out from a site on the current crisis:

Today’s Quake Was Predicted 2 Weeks Ago
Seismologists are getting better at calling their shots:

“Paris (March 16) - Seismologists say there is a heightened risk that a major earthquake may soon strike the western coast of Sumatra as a result of the monster quake that generated the December 26 tsunami. The Indonesian city of Bandar Aceh, which was already badly hit by the killer wave, could be at risk from a quake measuring up to 7.5 on the Richter scale and there is a potential for a tsunami-making 8.5 quake offshore, they warn.”

Now that he has our attention, Professor John McCloskey is saying today another massive quake is to be expected in the region.

So, as you can see, there is so much more on this story and other news to dissect.

Sorry I got carried away on Iraq today, but I felt that I should respond to the AIM attack lest it get picked up elsewhere, and the targeting of journalists is an issue that gets my back up and that I am still following.

I also managed not to forward all your letters and comments from my office computer to my computer at home, so I will have to post them when I get back from Boston.

IF YOU ARE NEAR BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY TODAY AT 1 …

I am up at Brandeis today, speaking and screening WMD at 1:30 PM at Golding Auditorium. I also expect to be on the New England Cable Network, a great regional TV news service, at 8:45 PM.

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