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2004-12-29 Down Under

Alexander Downer vows for Tsunami warning system

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Posted by God Save The World 2004-12-29 11:09:29 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "...there will be tsunamis again in the future, hopefully never again on this scale," Mr Downer said."

What makes people say things like this? It's idiotic, to say the least. There will be quite literally millions more similar earthquakes in the future, many much stronger than this one. The next one may come next year or in two hundred years. The possibility of it coming next year is the reason why a relative pittance would be well spent implementing an early warning system...

There are accounts of the biblical scenes of destruction from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands here.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-12-29 4:34:43 AM|| 2004-12-29 4:34:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 What makes people say things like this? It's idiotic, to say the least.

He's a politician. They think it's what people want to hear. Trouble is, they're correct.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-12-29 6:56:05 AM|| 2004-12-29 6:56:05 AM|| Front Page Top

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