Re: Way OT: Asia Earthquake

From: LaEisem (laeisem_at_aol.comnojunk)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: 30 Dec 2004 14:18:30 GMT

>Subject: Re: Way OT: Asia Earthquake
>From: "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com
>Date: 12/29/2004 10:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <%AKAd.79722$Uf.61445@twister.nyroc.rr.com>
>
>
>"Terrell Miller" <millerto@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>news:YuHAd.571$Tt6.48@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>> Herb Schaltegger wrote:
>> Then what?
>>
>> In a lot of stricken areas there are large boats washed ashore over a
>> mile inland. That's how far a 30-foot tidal wave can travel if the
>> elevation is minimal (as it is in, say, most of Florida). So where do
>> all those hundreds of thousands of people (when the initial death toll
>> is finalized) evacuate *to*, in the 15-45 minutes before the wave
>> reaches them?
>
>2 miles inland, or furhter.
>
>Keep in mind that some areas, such as Somalia had about 6 HOURS of warning.
>
>India and areas near it I believe had 1-2 hours.

Did they actually receive warnings?
(Did somebody send explicit warnings?)
Or was it just that long before the tsunami reached them?

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