Tsunami warning system

Tsunami warning system

The UN-sponsored world conference on disaster reduction held
in Kobe has thrown up some splendid ideas. Convened to formulate
a strategy on how to save lives in the event of another tsunami,
the conference has had a focused confabulation on early warning
system to ward off ruination on a scale suffered by the Indian
Ocean littoral states recently. The outcome sounds extremely
positive.

Experts have seemingly reached a consensus on what constitutes
an effective early warning system, although they are yet to
figure out the right technology to use in case of the Indian
Ocean. In the face of offers being rushed by donor countries keen
to contribute their know-how, experts tend to maintain that 'the
problem is not the science of predicting disasters but finding a
way to reach more people (with the warnings)'.

But all eyes are now on the Unesco meeting slated to be held
within 60 days to determine the technology to be used in the
Indian Ocean.
-- The Daily Star, Dhaka