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Re: Giant Tsunami in Indian Ocean: 3000+ Dead
« on: December 26, 2004, 05:14:28 PM »
Hum,
yeah, the tsunamis travel fast, about 600mph...
that would leave only about 1-2 hours (max) before it hit the worst affected coasts and islands.

But then again , its a question of money and resourses.

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Re: Giant Tsunami in Indian Ocean: 23000+ Dead
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2004, 08:28:20 PM »
hum,
seems that a proposed tsunami early warning system was rejected last year.
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Re: Giant Tsunami in Indian Ocean: 23000+ Dead
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2004, 03:21:44 PM »
Hum,
I think most geostationary survey satellites couldn’t actually pick up the small height differences in the sea - they `re mostly designed to look at land usage.
However, I managed to find a NOAA QuickTime movie of the event
here