How did Diego Garcia, the remote British-owned island in the Indian Ocean and home of a controversial US military base, escape the effects of the tsunami?
The Island is 1,000 miles south of the southern indian coast and well within range of the surging waves.
However, officials at the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii have confirmed Diego Garcia was warned of the quake and of the approaching waves.
The Naval Base is home to 1,700 military personnel and 1,500 civilians.
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communication technology on military bases is second to none. it's incredibly easy for information to be relayed instantly to everyone.
this is a far cry from island resorts, and small, essentially third-world villages along most of the other coastlines. There's no uniform means of communication to everyone within range.
i presume that the hawaiian TWC reported to *all* military bases in that hemisphere the report of a huge earthquake, and the likelyhood of tsunami.
but this is all speculation on my part. i don't think there's any conspiracy by western nations to let the natives die.
this is a far cry from island resorts, and small, essentially third-world villages along most of the other coastlines. There's no uniform means of communication to everyone within range.
i presume that the hawaiian TWC reported to *all* military bases in that hemisphere the report of a huge earthquake, and the likelyhood of tsunami.
but this is all speculation on my part. i don't think there's any conspiracy by western nations to let the natives die.
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anastrophe wrote: communication technology on military bases is second to none. it's incredibly easy for information to be relayed instantly to everyone.
this is a far cry from island resorts, and small, essentially third-world villages along most of the other coastlines. There's no uniform means of communication to everyone within range.
i presume that the hawaiian TWC reported to *all* military bases in that hemisphere the report of a huge earthquake, and the likelyhood of tsunami.
but this is all speculation on my part. i don't think there's any conspiracy by western nations to let the natives die. Nor I'm I saying that, I'm only posting what is been read over here.
this is a far cry from island resorts, and small, essentially third-world villages along most of the other coastlines. There's no uniform means of communication to everyone within range.
i presume that the hawaiian TWC reported to *all* military bases in that hemisphere the report of a huge earthquake, and the likelyhood of tsunami.
but this is all speculation on my part. i don't think there's any conspiracy by western nations to let the natives die. Nor I'm I saying that, I'm only posting what is been read over here.
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That does indeed make you think, I'll go to the site at the bottom
of your post and read up on it. Thanks for sharing the article.
I have to add that I agree with Anastrophe re:conspiracy.
of your post and read up on it. Thanks for sharing the article.
I have to add that I agree with Anastrophe re:conspiracy.
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Check this article. My same contention: The authorities had no idea how to officially get a warning out. This is a third world region. Not exactly up to euorpean standards.
Scientists in USA saw tsunami coming
Tue Dec 28, 7:11 AM ET Top Stories - USATODAY.com
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... namicoming
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
Minutes after a massive earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean on Sunday, international ocean monitors knew that a tsunami would likely follow. But they didn't know whom to tell.
"We put out a bulletin within 20 minutes, technically as fast as we could do it," says Jeff LaDouce of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. LaDouce says e-mails were dispatched to Indonesian officials, but he doesn't know what happened to the information.
The problem is that Sunday's earthquake struck the unmonitored Indian Ocean. An international system of buoys and monitoring stations - the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii - spans the Pacific, alerting nations there to any oncoming disasters. But no such system guards the Indian Ocean.
(There isn't one in the Atlantic Ocean because there are comparatively few earthquakes there. LaDouce says efforts are being made in the Caribbean to set up a warning system after last year's tsunami caused by the volcanic collapse on the island of Montserrat.)
"Sumatra has an ample history of great earthquakes, which makes the lack of a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean all the more tragic," says geologist Brian Atwater of the U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites). "Everyone knew Sumatra was a loaded gun."
On Monday, Asian government officials, notably in India, discussed plans to coordinate efforts to develop an Indian Ocean system. "It's a people problem, not a technology problem," says geophysicist Teng-fong Wong of the State University of New York-Stony Brook. "Governments just have to cooperate."
In fact, the detector buoys that monitor tsunami surges have been available for decades. They record water heights and send measurements throughout the Pacific network. False alarms are a concern, slowing the speed with which bulletins can be released. A 1986 false alarm in Hawaii cost more than $30 million in evacuation costs.
LaDouce notes that warnings are of little use without evacuation plans, given how quickly a tsunami can travel. Tsunami waves struck Sumatra minutes after the quake and hit Thailand within an hour.
"Even if you give the tourist resorts in Thailand a half-hour's notice, it is no easy matter to evacuate vast swaths of coastland," he says. "You have to plan and train people. And then do it all over again."
Scientists in USA saw tsunami coming
Tue Dec 28, 7:11 AM ET Top Stories - USATODAY.com
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... namicoming
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
Minutes after a massive earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean on Sunday, international ocean monitors knew that a tsunami would likely follow. But they didn't know whom to tell.
"We put out a bulletin within 20 minutes, technically as fast as we could do it," says Jeff LaDouce of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. LaDouce says e-mails were dispatched to Indonesian officials, but he doesn't know what happened to the information.
The problem is that Sunday's earthquake struck the unmonitored Indian Ocean. An international system of buoys and monitoring stations - the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii - spans the Pacific, alerting nations there to any oncoming disasters. But no such system guards the Indian Ocean.
(There isn't one in the Atlantic Ocean because there are comparatively few earthquakes there. LaDouce says efforts are being made in the Caribbean to set up a warning system after last year's tsunami caused by the volcanic collapse on the island of Montserrat.)
"Sumatra has an ample history of great earthquakes, which makes the lack of a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean all the more tragic," says geologist Brian Atwater of the U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites). "Everyone knew Sumatra was a loaded gun."
On Monday, Asian government officials, notably in India, discussed plans to coordinate efforts to develop an Indian Ocean system. "It's a people problem, not a technology problem," says geophysicist Teng-fong Wong of the State University of New York-Stony Brook. "Governments just have to cooperate."
In fact, the detector buoys that monitor tsunami surges have been available for decades. They record water heights and send measurements throughout the Pacific network. False alarms are a concern, slowing the speed with which bulletins can be released. A 1986 false alarm in Hawaii cost more than $30 million in evacuation costs.
LaDouce notes that warnings are of little use without evacuation plans, given how quickly a tsunami can travel. Tsunami waves struck Sumatra minutes after the quake and hit Thailand within an hour.
"Even if you give the tourist resorts in Thailand a half-hour's notice, it is no easy matter to evacuate vast swaths of coastland," he says. "You have to plan and train people. And then do it all over again."
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capt_buzzard wrote: Nor I'm I saying that, I'm only posting what is been read and talked about over here.
And still reading into Irish Newpapers.
It now emerges that US Navy personal at Diego Garcia were made fully aware of Asia's impending tsunami at least one hour before it hit the Indonesian coastline, one has to ask why the local region's governments were not informed?
The answer could lie in a possible breach in UK Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which Robin Cook signed in April 1998.
The Cargos Archipelago, which contains US Diego Garcia, has often been used to test controlled underwater nuclear explosions as it is the perfect geography for such tests. To the east of Diego Grcia lies the Chagos Trench, 400-mile long, underwater canyon that ranges in depth from less than 1,000 metres below the surface to depths that plunge to over 5,000 metres.
Its one of the deepest regions of the Indian Ocean
Questions.
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And still reading into Irish Newpapers.
It now emerges that US Navy personal at Diego Garcia were made fully aware of Asia's impending tsunami at least one hour before it hit the Indonesian coastline, one has to ask why the local region's governments were not informed?
The answer could lie in a possible breach in UK Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which Robin Cook signed in April 1998.
The Cargos Archipelago, which contains US Diego Garcia, has often been used to test controlled underwater nuclear explosions as it is the perfect geography for such tests. To the east of Diego Grcia lies the Chagos Trench, 400-mile long, underwater canyon that ranges in depth from less than 1,000 metres below the surface to depths that plunge to over 5,000 metres.
Its one of the deepest regions of the Indian Ocean
Questions.
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You folks aren't going to beleive this but in my area I am one of my governments toughest critics, liking very little that it does. But on this forum I find myself cast into a role that I'm not used to in defending that gov.
As far as warning of the coming tital waves I agree that if the U.S. could have warned it should have warned. Yet, I have to ask why are people questioning the U.S.'s actions and asking none of the countries that were hit why they have money for armies and weapons and gov. buildings but none for warning systems?
As far as warning of the coming tital waves I agree that if the U.S. could have warned it should have warned. Yet, I have to ask why are people questioning the U.S.'s actions and asking none of the countries that were hit why they have money for armies and weapons and gov. buildings but none for warning systems?
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It now emerges that US Navy personal at Diego Garcia were made fully aware of Asia's impending tsunami at least one hour before it hit the Indonesian coastline, one has to ask why the local region's governments were not informed?
The answer could lie in a possible breach in UK Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which Robin Cook signed in April 1998.
The Cargos Archipelago, which contains US Diego Garcia, has often been used to test controlled underwater nuclear explosions as it is the perfect geography for such tests. To the east of Diego Grcia lies the Chagos Trench, 400-mile long, underwater canyon that ranges in depth from less than 1,000 metres below the surface to depths that plunge to over 5,000 metres.
Its one of the deepest regions of the Indian Ocean
I seriously doubt that a nuclear test was the instigator of the earthquake. Further, while not brought up thus far in this thread, I also seriously contest any of the so-called "conspiracists" that claim that the US purposely instigated the earthquake. Such a thing does not make sense.
The answer could lie in a possible breach in UK Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which Robin Cook signed in April 1998.
The Cargos Archipelago, which contains US Diego Garcia, has often been used to test controlled underwater nuclear explosions as it is the perfect geography for such tests. To the east of Diego Grcia lies the Chagos Trench, 400-mile long, underwater canyon that ranges in depth from less than 1,000 metres below the surface to depths that plunge to over 5,000 metres.
Its one of the deepest regions of the Indian Ocean
I seriously doubt that a nuclear test was the instigator of the earthquake. Further, while not brought up thus far in this thread, I also seriously contest any of the so-called "conspiracists" that claim that the US purposely instigated the earthquake. Such a thing does not make sense.
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Fyrehawke wrote: I seriously doubt that a nuclear test was the instigator of the earthquake. Further, while not brought up thus far in this thread, I also seriously contest any of the so-called "conspiracists" that claim that the US purposely instigated the earthquake. Such a thing does not make sense. Personally I don't believe a word of it.
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Fyrehawke wrote: I seriously doubt that a nuclear test was the instigator of the earthquake. Further, while not brought up thus far in this thread, I also seriously contest any of the so-called "conspiracists" that claim that the US purposely instigated the earthquake. Such a thing does not make sense.
a 9.1 earthquake is estimated to release more energy than a *million* 100 megaton hydrogen bombs. several hydrogen bomb tests were performed in the pacific ocean way back in the 1950's and they barely generated the equivalent of a ripple.
anyone suggesting that this disaster was manmade is
out of their bloody gourd.
of course, that's the alternative definition for 'conspiracy theorist'. :yh_silly
a 9.1 earthquake is estimated to release more energy than a *million* 100 megaton hydrogen bombs. several hydrogen bomb tests were performed in the pacific ocean way back in the 1950's and they barely generated the equivalent of a ripple.
anyone suggesting that this disaster was manmade is
out of their bloody gourd.
of course, that's the alternative definition for 'conspiracy theorist'. :yh_silly
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Why would the devastation potential be ignored.....?
I think the MSM are bored out of their heads since the general election and now they can chew on this for a few more weeks.
There was a huge earthquake and communications are not what they would be at a U.S. military base. Slam dunk!
Why would anyone incur a 9.0 under the ocean - especially the U.S., and then turn around and spend more money that we can ill afford to spend in relief funding?
The strategy would be hootable....or tinfoilhat-able.
Here's a Mark Steyn view:
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/200 ... -2613r.htm
I think the MSM are bored out of their heads since the general election and now they can chew on this for a few more weeks.
There was a huge earthquake and communications are not what they would be at a U.S. military base. Slam dunk!
Why would anyone incur a 9.0 under the ocean - especially the U.S., and then turn around and spend more money that we can ill afford to spend in relief funding?
The strategy would be hootable....or tinfoilhat-able.
Here's a Mark Steyn view:
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/200 ... -2613r.htm