President Abdul Kalam's Words..

In connection to yday's writeup, quoting President Abdul Kalam's words from "The Hindu" ....

The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, called for a tsunami warning system along the entire Indian coastline on the lines of the one in the 27 Pacific nations, safeguarding them from distant source tsunamis.

``We can either have an Indian control centre that is connected to the Pacific tsunami warning centre or an indigenous integrated technological solution as a long term disaster management option,'' he suggested, addressing students of the University of Hyderabad from New Delhi over a videoconference, at its ninth convocation here on Tuesday.

In the 1970s, India had kept away from the Pacific tsunami warning system, which gives significant advance notice of the impending disaster to as many as 27 nations today, sometimes as much as three full hours.

``After an earthquake occurs beneath the seabed, it takes three hours for the dynamic waves of great height to build up. All communities within a three-hour travel time from the epicentre of the earthquake can be evacuated to safety thanks to the tsunami warning system. This only means that technologically there is a solution,'' Mr. Kalam said.

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Rajesh

Tsunami

Tsunami has created waves in and out of the sea......demolishing lives in thousands and leaving millions homeless and making them wonder "what in the world has happened??"......

The perspective is by an Indian..a South Indian at that....where TamilNadu is considered the Safety Abode....relatively free from communal riots, natural calamities!! This has caught tamilians unawares...completely off-guard...till this day...fourth day after the disaster..people still are locating their relatives, friends...I have heard second hand information about the dreaded wave....which has completely washed a Hospital, Church, et all in a place called Kalpakkam( famous for the Nuclear Reactor), near chennai...in the process washing out one of my friend's friend, who was a doctor on DUTY on that day....I wonder what kind of a design does nature have in mind???


I also had a point to ponder, whether the meteorological department in TamilNadu could have predicted this..and saved atleast those who unassumingly came to the beach to relax on that sunday morning....

At this time of grief...we Humans...should contribute to this....by whatever means possible...There are hundreds of ways u can contribute...If u are in India, you can send in ur contributions to THE HINDU or TIMES GROUP.....or any other charity organisation......avenues that just flashed in my mind..

please do your bit.....that could help redeem some lost faith.....

Interested on knowing about the Tsunami...

http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html


Bye,
Rajesh

My First Post

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