rocksea
26th December 2005, 07:11 AM
It was on Dec 26th, one year before that the Tsunami hit the countries around Indian Ocean, killing some 200,000 people and affecting more. We were humbled by the power of nature. We came to know that whatever advancements in science we had, couldn't help avoid this natural disaster. Let us take this moment to feel on the lives lost, review our own advancement in science and think on what we can do to bring down calamities caused by such natural disasters.
A lot of post-Tsunami discussions were carried out on Oceanographers Net. You can see them by giving 'tsunami' in the search.
skdash
26th December 2005, 10:46 AM
Tsunami warning centre in Hyderabad offers new hope
Monday, 26 December , 2005, 15:30
Hyderabad: A year after the tsunami left a trail of destruction along Andhra Pradesh coast, there is new hope for people with an interim tsunami warning centre becoming operational in Hyderabad.
While fishermen in coastal villages spread over six districts are rebuilding their lives with enormous resilience, scientists are stretching every nerve to put in place India’s first full-fledged, state-of-the-art Tsunami Early Warning System by September 2007.
At present, the interim centre is operational at Indian National Centre for Oceanic Information Services (INCOIS) in Hyderabad and is capable of issuing an early warning to government agencies in coastal districts in the event of an undersea earthquake of 6.5 and above magnitude on the Richter scale. Efforts were on to build a permanent system, which will be so accurate that it can pinpoint the places likely to be inundated and accordingly forewarn people of those areas. "It will be a comprehensive set-up covering satellite-based communication system, 17 seismic stations, coastal radars and tide gauges," Dr V Sampath, director INCOIS, who also heads the early warning centre, said
http://sify.com/news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=14057929