Politics, bugs slow tsunami alarm system

Iria · Jul 30, 2006, 07:33 PM

Source: Yahoo! News
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Within weeks of the devastating 2004 quake and tsunami, governments across the Indian Ocean vowed to establish a warning system that would protect their coastal residents from another disaster.

But progress has been slowed by bickering over which country should host a regional tsunami alert center and technical problems with deep-sea monitoring buoys.

Jul 30, 2006, 07:33 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Politics, bugs slow tsunami alarm system Source: Yahoo! News __________ BANGKOK, Thailand - Within weeks of the devastating 2004 quake and tsunami, governments across the Indian Ocean vowed to establish a warning system that would protect their coastal residents from another disaster. But progress has been slowed by bickering over which country should host a regional tsunami alert center and technical problems with deep-sea monitoring buoys.