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 Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:18 pm Post subject: Thai meteorologists decided not to issue tsunami warning |
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| Quote: | Thailand's foremost meteorologists, meeting in a crisis session before the tsunami hit, decided not to issue a warning "out of courtesy to the tourism industry," according to a report in the Thai paper The Nation.
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"We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season was in full swing," a source told the paper. "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." |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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I thought somebody would know the tsunami was going to come, and I was right.
Thanks randy.
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Mayur
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| Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Well those tourists are probably dead now so yea I think the tourist industry got hurt real bad. They were trying to make a few bucks and killed hundreds of thousands of people. |
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Eric
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| Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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They got what they had coming to them and what they deserved.
How selfish of them to put hundreds of thousands of lives at risk just to gain some money...how...inhuman...
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| Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:41 am Post subject: |
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| this is a classic case of commerce winning over the human part of the society. good economics always do not serve the nation well. |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:44 am Post subject: |
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That is very sickening. How could they put the lives of thousands of people at risk just for money.
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Eric
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| Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:41 am Post subject: |
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They were able to do it because they were tainted with greed and lust. Unfortunately, this is true not only for them, but many other people throughout the world.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:32 am Post subject: |
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Thai government bans their own people from watching/buying s*x etc. but they encourage foreign people to do so...
the ladyboys (shemale ... you name it) are another human tragedy..
and now the tsunami
all in all, these are definately not what a buddhist country should do.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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tell me about it its so sick
put some thought into your posts. --randy
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| Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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wow that was pretty selfish on their part. All the dead bodies and everything isnt going to help the tourist industry
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| Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, it's bad, but I can't blame them all that much. Nothing is 100% certain, and if they had issued a warning and no tsumani occurred, they'd be in big trouble. And warning people sometimes causes hysteria that in the end doesn't save many lives  |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:58 am Post subject: |
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| If the aftersight, they should give out the warning. It's very easy for us to blame them, but we don't know how certain or uncertain those meteorologists were. They thought the made the best decision at the time. Instead, they made one that they will regard forever. |
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