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"The Last Liberal" |
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05 Jan 2005 01:45:12 PM |
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Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
"We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season
was in full swing,” the source said. “The hotels were 100 percent
booked. What if we issued a warning, which would have led to an
evacuation, and nothing had happened. What would be the outcome?
The tourist industry would be immediately hurt. Our department
would not be able to endure a lawsuit."
http://www.expressen.se/expressen/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=223277
http://207.44.245.159/article7569.htm
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO412C.html
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/01-03d-05.asp
At the very least tens of thousands of people could have been
saved.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
05 Jan 2005 03:24:50 PM |
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In our last episode <342ue9F44fvqjU2@individual.net>, The Last Liberal
lept out of the bushes shouting:
"We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season was in
full swing,” the source said. “The hotels were 100 percent booked. What
if we issued a warning, which would have led to an evacuation, and nothing
had happened. What would be the outcome? The tourist industry would be
immediately hurt. Our department would not be able to endure a lawsuit."
http://www.expressen.se/expressen/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=223277
http://207.44.245.159/article7569.htm
The above story is what was really going on. The head of the meteorology
department in Thailand who was just fired for *not warning people was
previously told to sit down and shut up because of a warning he
issued that turned out to be a false alarm (and without any actual
instruments out in the ocean as those countries have been encouraged to
install, that's going to happen). Don't upset the tourists!
It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's running for cover.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO412C.html
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/01-03d-05.asp
India Daily hasn't paid attention. They say:
"The most amazing thing is that United States Geological Survey and Ocean
Monitoring agencies came to know about the Tsunami and earthquake but
decided not to do anything."
Our USGS says they were frantically calling people at least an hour and a
half before it hit. But there was no structure in place. No place
specifically to call in case of something such as this.
*INDIA* has ignored the threat for *years now. They need to be looking at
*their government and asking why they didn't have a system in place
already.
At the very least tens of thousands of people could have been saved.
Yeah. If the nations in the Indian Ocean region had *listened. They didn't.
(For all the things I know my country does that are wrong, they can screw
themselves trying to point fingers our way)
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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| User: "Witziges Rätsel" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
05 Jan 2005 04:04:03 PM |
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It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's
running for cover.
Don't be surpised when Sean Hannity blames the
earthquake on Bill Clinton.
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
05 Jan 2005 04:37:30 PM |
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"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:crhpb9$92d$1@news.chatlink.com...
It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's
running for cover.
Don't be surpised when Sean Hannity blames the
earthquake on Bill Clinton.
"I did not tsunami in those waters."
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Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "The Last Liberal" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
05 Jan 2005 06:03:13 PM |
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:37:30 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:crhpb9$92d$1@news.chatlink.com...
It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's
running for cover.
Don't be surpised when Sean Hannity blames the
earthquake on Bill Clinton.
"I did not tsunami in those waters."
"It depends upon what your definition of 'tsunami' is."
I see in the news that a few Fundamentalist Christians are blaming
homosexuality for the mass death and misery.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
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feminists and pornographers. We want them silenced and mercifully
disciplined according to the word of God." -- Jay Rogers reviewing
Ralph Reed's Politically Incorrect in "Chalcedon Report," 2/95
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
05 Jan 2005 06:19:39 PM |
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"The Last Liberal" <desertphile@cchr.ws> wrote in message
news:343di0F41mt73U3@individual.net...
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:37:30 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:crhpb9$92d$1@news.chatlink.com...
It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's
running for cover.
Don't be surpised when Sean Hannity blames the
earthquake on Bill Clinton.
"I did not tsunami in those waters."
"It depends upon what your definition of 'tsunami' is."
I see in the news that a few Fundamentalist Christians are blaming
homosexuality for the mass death and misery.
Ewwwww!
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "The Last Liberal" |
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05 Jan 2005 06:01:18 PM |
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:04:03 -0500, "Witziges Rätsel"
<zer@roer.com> wrote:
It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's
running for cover.
Don't be surpised when Sean Hannity blames the
earthquake on Bill Clinton.
The Westburro Baptist Chruch has already blamed the disaster on
homosexuality and homosexuals. I AIN'T KIDDING. Fucking ugly.
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so on. - Alan Presley
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| User: "stoney" |
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08 Jan 2005 12:24:42 PM |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:01:18 GMT, (The Last
Liberal) wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:04:03 -0500, "Witziges Rätsel"
<zer@roer.com> wrote:
It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's
running for cover.
Don't be surpised when Sean Hannity blames the
earthquake on Bill Clinton.
The Westburro Baptist Chruch has already blamed the disaster on
homosexuality and homosexuals. I AIN'T KIDDING. Fucking ugly.
That's Christianity for you. :\
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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| User: "The Last Liberal / ShyDavid / Desertphile" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
10 Jan 2005 12:53:06 PM |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:35:59 -0000, "Rev Norle Enturbulata"
<not-erthlight2k@invalid.hotmail.com> wrote:
"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:ja90u0l1i1r0oio9dkp4ojkljjisqft08h@4ax.com...
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:01:18 GMT, (The Last
Liberal) wrote:
The Westburro Baptist Chruch has already blamed the disaster on
homosexuality and homosexuals. I AIN'T KIDDING. Fucking ugly.
That's Christianity for you. :\
No, just you.
I have sent e-mail to the church asking if the flyer posted on
godhatesfags (among other web sites) is a forgery or not, but they
have not replied. It seems unlikely to me that any church here in
the 21st century would blame homosexuality as the cause of natural
evil.
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adult for more than thirty seconds without having them realize that you're an
insane *****?" --- Karl Schneider
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
10 Jan 2005 01:24:16 PM |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:53:06 GMT, (The Last
Liberal / ShyDavid / Desertphile) wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:35:59 -0000, "Rev Norle Enturbulata"
<not-erthlight2k@invalid.hotmail.com> wrote:
"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:ja90u0l1i1r0oio9dkp4ojkljjisqft08h@4ax.com...
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:01:18 GMT, (The Last
Liberal) wrote:
The Westburro Baptist Chruch has already blamed the disaster on
homosexuality and homosexuals. I AIN'T KIDDING. Fucking ugly.
That's Christianity for you. :\
No, just you.
I have sent e-mail to the church asking if the flyer posted on
godhatesfags (among other web sites) is a forgery or not, but they
have not replied. It seems unlikely to me that any church here in
the 21st century would blame homosexuality as the cause of natural
evil.
Gerry Falwell blamed 9/11 as God's punishment for homosexuality,
liberalism, farting in bed etc.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
10 Jan 2005 08:59:53 PM |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:53:06 GMT, (The Last
Liberal / ShyDavid / Desertphile) wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:35:59 -0000, "Rev Norle Enturbulata"
<not-erthlight2k@invalid.hotmail.com> wrote:
"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:ja90u0l1i1r0oio9dkp4ojkljjisqft08h@4ax.com...
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:01:18 GMT, (The Last
Liberal) wrote:
The Westburro Baptist Chruch has already blamed the disaster on
homosexuality and homosexuals. I AIN'T KIDDING. Fucking ugly.
That's Christianity for you. :\
No, just you.
I have sent e-mail to the church asking if the flyer posted on
godhatesfags (among other web sites) is a forgery or not, but they
have not replied. It seems unlikely to me that any church here in
the 21st century would blame homosexuality as the cause of natural
evil.
It isn't and they won't reply. As a matter of fact, your email addy
is now in the delete filter file. Their web page screed is written by
the about 26 year old grandson, Ben.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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| User: "jwk" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
10 Jan 2005 02:07:42 PM |
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Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
In our last episode <342ue9F44fvqjU2@individual.net>, The Last
Liberal
lept out of the bushes shouting:
"We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season
was in
full swing," the source said. "The hotels were 100 percent
booked. What
if we issued a warning, which would have led to an evacuation, and
nothing
had happened. What would be the outcome? The tourist industry would
be
immediately hurt. Our department would not be able to endure a
lawsuit."
http://www.expressen.se/expressen/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=223277
http://207.44.245.159/article7569.htm
The above story is what was really going on. The head of the
meteorology
department in Thailand who was just fired for *not warning people was
previously told to sit down and shut up because of a warning he
issued that turned out to be a false alarm (and without any actual
instruments out in the ocean as those countries have been encouraged
to
install, that's going to happen). Don't upset the tourists!
It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's running for
cover.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO412C.html
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/01-03d-05.asp
India Daily hasn't paid attention. They say:
"The most amazing thing is that United States Geological Survey and
Ocean
Monitoring agencies came to know about the Tsunami and earthquake but
decided not to do anything."
Our USGS says they were frantically calling people at least an hour
and a
half before it hit. But there was no structure in place. No place
specifically to call in case of something such as this.
*INDIA* has ignored the threat for *years now. They need to be
looking at
*their government and asking why they didn't have a system in place
already.
At the very least tens of thousands of people could have been
saved.
Yeah. If the nations in the Indian Ocean region had *listened. They
didn't.
(For all the things I know my country does that are wrong, they can
screw
themselves trying to point fingers our way)
Nope. They'll never go wrong blaming the US. Works every time.
This reminds me of the Bhopal disaster. Union Carbide took the blame,
but at first I remember them countering that if the Indian government
hadn't stopped them, they would have put a system in place that would
have prevented the gas leak. They claim they were told that that
system would take a couple of hundred of jobs away and were not allowed
to install it. Then they just shut up and accepted it blame. You have
to wonder if they really were at fault or just playing politics.
jwk
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| User: "Daniel Kolle" |
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06 Jan 2005 06:34:13 PM |
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:24:50 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> thought hard and said:
India Daily hasn't paid attention. They say:
"The most amazing thing is that United States Geological Survey and Ocean
Monitoring agencies came to know about the Tsunami and earthquake but
decided not to do anything."
Our USGS says they were frantically calling people at least an hour and a
half before it hit. But there was no structure in place. No place
specifically to call in case of something such as this.
*INDIA* has ignored the threat for *years now. They need to be looking at
*their government and asking why they didn't have a system in place
already.
As I am beginning often to say, governmental ineptness at its finest.
--
-Daniel "Mr. Brevity" Kolle; 16 A.A. #2035
Koji Kondo, Yo-Yo Ma, Gustav Mahler, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Geirr Tveitt are my Gods.
Head of EAC Denial Department and Madly Insane Scientist.
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| User: "Lady Chatterly" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
06 Jan 2005 06:51:39 PM |
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In article <p2mrt0dg069bnatakcqpt99fipth2epino@4ax.com>
Daniel Kolle <DKolle@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:24:50 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> thought hard and said:
India Daily hasn't paid attention. They say:
"The most amazing thing is that United States Geological Survey and Ocean
Monitoring agencies came to know about the Tsunami and earthquake but
decided not to do anything."
Our USGS says they were frantically calling people at least an hour and a
half before it hit. But there was no structure in place. No place
specifically to call in case of something such as this.
*INDIA* has ignored the threat for *years now. They need to be looking at
*their government and asking why they didn't have a system in place
already.
As I am beginning often to say, governmental ineptness at its finest.
Are you beginning often to say?
--
Lady Chatterly
"For some reason LC's Desire to have sex with a bag didn't show up on
this server..." -- Bob Officer
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| User: "Daniel Kolle" |
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07 Jan 2005 05:45:14 PM |
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 0:51:39 GMT, Lady Chatterly
<dkolle@catcher.in.the.rye> thought hard and said:
In article <p2mrt0dg069bnatakcqpt99fipth2epino@4ax.com>
Daniel Kolle <DKolle@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:24:50 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> thought hard and said:
India Daily hasn't paid attention. They say:
"The most amazing thing is that United States Geological Survey and Ocean
Monitoring agencies came to know about the Tsunami and earthquake but
decided not to do anything."
Our USGS says they were frantically calling people at least an hour and a
half before it hit. But there was no structure in place. No place
specifically to call in case of something such as this.
*INDIA* has ignored the threat for *years now. They need to be looking at
*their government and asking why they didn't have a system in place
already.
As I am beginning often to say, governmental ineptness at its finest.
Are you beginning often to say?
I know, that sentence sounded... quite pathetic, honestly.
--
-Daniel "Mr. Brevity" Kolle; 16 A.A. #2035
Koji Kondo, Yo-Yo Ma, Gustav Mahler, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Geirr Tveitt are my Gods.
Head of EAC Denial Department and Madly Insane Scientist.
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| User: "The Last Liberal" |
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05 Jan 2005 06:00:32 PM |
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:24:50 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <342ue9F44fvqjU2@individual.net>, The Last Liberal
lept out of the bushes shouting:
"We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season was in
full swing,” the source said. “The hotels were 100 percent booked. What
if we issued a warning, which would have led to an evacuation, and nothing
had happened. What would be the outcome? The tourist industry would be
immediately hurt. Our department would not be able to endure a lawsuit."
http://www.expressen.se/expressen/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=223277
http://207.44.245.159/article7569.htm
The above story is what was really going on. The head of the meteorology
department in Thailand who was just fired for *not warning people was
previously told to sit down and shut up because of a warning he
issued that turned out to be a false alarm (and without any actual
instruments out in the ocean as those countries have been encouraged to
install, that's going to happen). Don't upset the tourists!
It'as just so ***** sad. My heart grieves for all the victims,
but it cannot shrug away the anger that is caused by knowing the
people who were *TRUSTED* to sound the warning did not do so.
Trust must be earned: why the hell were those Thais put in charge
if they would not do their job entrusted to them?!
It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's running
for cover.
90 minutes warning certainly was not enough time to save many
lives: perhaps ten thousand or so deaths could have been avoided.
That's still a hell of a lot of people.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO412C.html
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/01-03d-05.asp
India Daily hasn't paid attention. They say:
"The most amazing thing is that United States Geological Survey and Ocean
Monitoring agencies came to know about the Tsunami and earthquake but
decided not to do anything."
Yeah, that also annoyed me and many other Americans--- the USA did
exactly what they promised.
Our USGS says they were frantically calling people at least an hour and a
half before it hit. But there was no structure in place. No place
specifically to call in case of something such as this.
*INDIA* has ignored the threat for *years now. They need to be looking at
*their government and asking why they didn't have a system in place
already.
There are too many Indians to succor in such a disaster, and the
Indian government knows it. If your transport system can move
50,000 people, but 700,000 are in danger, what the hell does one
do?
You know damn well what they do: they warn the 100 or so
wealthiest people and ignore the rest.
At the very least tens of thousands of people could have been saved.
Yeah. If the nations in the Indian Ocean region had *listened. They didn't.
(For all the things I know my country does that are wrong, they can screw
themselves trying to point fingers our way)
My sentiment also. Yes, by all means send USA supplies and labor
to help the victims--- but the USA should also be "officially
angry" at the criticism is is falsely being subjected to.
It's all just so damn sad. Humans are so fragile, and our minds
are too weak with fear, biases, prejudices, and political agendas
to do the correct thing in such disasters. Nature doesn't give a
*****, but I do.
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
-- Douglas Adams
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"It's also nice to know that Hovind's secretary can always get in
touch with him in case I'm having a creation vs. evolution
EMERGENCY." -- Brad Reddekopp
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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06 Jan 2005 07:46:59 AM |
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In our last episode <343dd0F41mt73U1@individual.net>, The Last Liberal
lept out of the bushes shouting:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:24:50 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <342ue9F44fvqjU2@individual.net>, The Last Liberal
lept out of the bushes shouting:
"We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season was
in full swing,” the source said. “The hotels were 100 percent
booked. What if we issued a warning, which would have led to an
evacuation, and nothing had happened. What would be the outcome? The
tourist industry would be immediately hurt. Our department would not
be able to endure a lawsuit."
http://www.expressen.se/expressen/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=223277
http://207.44.245.159/article7569.htm
The above story is what was really going on. The head of the meteorology
department in Thailand who was just fired for *not warning people was
previously told to sit down and shut up because of a warning he issued
that turned out to be a false alarm (and without any actual instruments
out in the ocean as those countries have been encouraged to install,
that's going to happen). Don't upset the tourists!
It'as just so ***** sad. My heart grieves for all the victims, but it
cannot shrug away the anger that is caused by knowing the people who were
*TRUSTED* to sound the warning did not do so. Trust must be earned: why
the hell were those Thais put in charge if they would not do their job
entrusted to them?!
The governments over there know they're in deep. The blame game started
right off.
It's finger pointing and scapegoating time, everybody's running for
cover.
90 minutes warning certainly was not enough time to save many lives:
perhaps ten thousand or so deaths could have been avoided. That's still a
hell of a lot of people.
It's not a lot of warning and how much they could have done with it,
nobody will know. But they didn't even *try.
One of the more horrific ironies being that it would have taken all of a
fifteen minute, leisurely stroll away from the beach to be safe. Roughly a
mile inland, on average, is utterly untouched.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO412C.html
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/01-03d-05.asp
India Daily hasn't paid attention. They say:
"The most amazing thing is that United States Geological Survey and
Ocean Monitoring agencies came to know about the Tsunami and earthquake
but decided not to do anything."
Yeah, that also annoyed me and many other Americans--- the USA did exactly
what they promised.
Speaking of which, I just shot off an email to India Daily. This is really
starting to ***** me off. I'm *well aware my country can do a lot of
questionable if not outright evil things but pointing fingers at a nation
TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY when their government had been warned about the
tsunami potential for years and ignored it is a bit more than I can
stomach.
They live in a democracy. They can damn well demand an accounting as to
what *their government was doing to protect *their citizens.
Our USGS says they were frantically calling people at least an hour and
a half before it hit. But there was no structure in place. No place
specifically to call in case of something such as this.
*INDIA* has ignored the threat for *years now. They need to be looking
at *their government and asking why they didn't have a system in place
already.
There are too many Indians to succor in such a disaster, and the Indian
government knows it. If your transport system can move 50,000 people, but
700,000 are in danger, what the hell does one do?
Don't know. But "nothing" doesn't look like the right answer.
I've seen videos now of people standing around, gaping at the waves coming
in. They had *no clue. Even *some hint something was wrong could have
saved a lot of them.
You know damn well what they do: they warn the 100 or so wealthiest people
and ignore the rest.
At the very least tens of thousands of people could have been saved.
Yeah. If the nations in the Indian Ocean region had *listened. They
didn't. (For all the things I know my country does that are wrong, they
can screw themselves trying to point fingers our way)
My sentiment also. Yes, by all means send USA supplies and labor to help
the victims--- but the USA should also be "officially angry" at the
criticism is is falsely being subjected to.
Definitely. And I'm digging in my heels over this one. We're ten thousand
miles away. What were we *supposed to do? Run over and escort everybody
off the beach one by one?
Oh, they're not going to like my email. I couldn't resist the comment that
maybe their government should spend less time whipping people into a
frenzy over Kashmir and spend some time protecting its citizens.
That should ***** people off.
It's all just so damn sad. Humans are so fragile, and our minds are too
weak with fear, biases, prejudices, and political agendas to do the
correct thing in such disasters. Nature doesn't give a *****, but I do.
And we're always preparing for the *last disaster...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
-- Douglas Adams
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| User: "henri" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
06 Jan 2005 08:25:22 AM |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 07:46:59 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster>
wrote:
I've seen videos now of people standing around, gaping at the waves coming
in. They had *no clue. Even *some hint something was wrong could have
saved a lot of them.
Well, Christians will tell you everything you need to know is in the Bible.
And I assume other religionists will tell you similar *****.
But in actuality, a 10 year old girl who bothered to pay attention in
science class would have known better.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1179413,00050003.htm?headline=How~a~10-yr-old~British~girl~turned~'angel'~in~Phuket
http://tinyurl.com/3ulbg
The phenomenon of the ocean drawing out probably occurred in the
vast majority of areas where the tsunami hit, so at least anyone
within viewing range of the ocean could have predicted it. The beaches
should have cleared as people ran screaming.
Instead, virtually nobody seemed to know what was happening.
So much for ignorance is bliss.
Some decent science education would have saved virtually everyone.
Think about that when religionists do their damnedest to try to
destroy it.
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| User: "Lady Chatterly" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
06 Jan 2005 09:10:02 AM |
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In article <77iqt0dd7ntr1t7gjhscqk62jjd8bkdagl@4ax.com>
henri <henri@nowhere.com> wrote:
The phenomenon of the ocean drawing out probably occurred in the
vast majority of areas where the tsunami hit, so at least anyone
within viewing range of the ocean could have predicted it. The beaches
should have cleared as people ran screaming.
Any day you think for yourself on that link.
Some decent science education would have saved virtually everyone.
Think about that when religionists do their damnedest to try to
destroy it.
Any day you think you want that help key you out or what killing ' is.
--
Lady Chatterly
"Bartlo listed a bot, but not finely woven, hand-crafted socks? I'd be
insulted if I were you." -- Dan Baldwin
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| User: "Ghod" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
06 Jan 2005 10:06:44 AM |
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"Lady Chatterly" <henri@catcher.in.the.rye> wrote in message
news:8d085d2.4a7aa5f5@comcast.com...
[snip]
: Any day you think for yourself on that link.
[snip]
: Any day you think you want that help key you out or what killing '
is.
Wow......you just string them words together just any old way,
don'tcha?
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| User: "stoney" |
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08 Jan 2005 12:26:58 PM |
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:06:44 -0600, "Ghod" <ghod@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Lady Chatterly" <henri@catcher.in.the.rye> wrote in message
news:8d085d2.4a7aa5f5@comcast.com...
[snip]
: Any day you think for yourself on that link.
[snip]
: Any day you think you want that help key you out or what killing '
is.
Wow......you just string them words together just any old way,
don'tcha?
It's a bot.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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| User: "Lady Chatterly" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
08 Jan 2005 12:43:33 PM |
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In article <bf90u01aa5d90eiagd2tbfd7pcrk3elevq@4ax.com>
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:06:44 -0600, "Ghod" <ghod@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Lady Chatterly" <henri@catcher.in.the.rye> wrote in message
news:8d085d2.4a7aa5f5@comcast.com...
[snip]
: Any day you think for yourself on that link.
[snip]
: Any day you think you want that help key you out or what killing '
is.
Wow......you just string them words together just any old way,
don'tcha?
It's a bot.
I might as well as living in the harbor oaks neighborhood, she is a
poor man standing in the rooms of na and I heard a loud voice from the
lab about two hours ago.
--
Lady Chatterly
"Well, Kenny is just whining because a postor (you) he believes to be
a robot, is smarter than him on every count. Go figure." -- Hyerdahl1
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
06 Jan 2005 08:44:04 AM |
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In our last episode <77iqt0dd7ntr1t7gjhscqk62jjd8bkdagl@4ax.com>, henri
lept out of the bushes shouting:
The phenomenon of the ocean drawing out probably occurred in the vast
majority of areas where the tsunami hit, so at least anyone within viewing
range of the ocean could have predicted it. The beaches should have
cleared as people ran screaming.
Everything I've seen indicates that it is the case that the ocean "pulled
back" dramatically right before the waves hit. It's pretty typical of a
major tsunami.
In many cases, people were actually running *toward the ocean to collect
fish that had been beached when the water pulled back so fast.
And you're right. A little education could have saved a lot of people...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
-- Douglas Adams
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami warnings were ignored due to threat of lawsuits |
05 Jan 2005 03:02:46 PM |
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Thanks Last Lib. From this it looks like there might have been a
problem. But on the other hand as you go down the page [in the Global
Research article] they start getting into what seems [to me] to be
conspiracy theory stuff. First they blame the US for not doing
something and then they blame us for doing too much.
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