Mike (& Willy), Don't get me wrong. I am not in any way suggesting that a centralized tsunami alert system is a bad thing. Clearly, an effectively implemented system could save lives, even if it only gets used twice a century. And as a former doctoral candidate in geology I understand the causative effects, mechanisms, results and statistical probabilities. On this forum there are a number of individuals who are planning some long distance passagemaking. Many of them are here to learn what they can and rarely contribute rather than to ask a question. Some private e-mails I have received would indicate that the subject of passagemaking is fairly intimidating and some of them have a host of concerns and trepidations. One of their reactions to your post was, "The complexities of doing this and understanding all of the possible problems are bad enough and now I need to worry about a tsunami warning communications protocol?" I don't think they do. -- ======================================================================= L. Bruce Jones U.S. SUBMARINES, INC. President POSEIDON UNDERSEA RESORTS LLC Tel: 208/687-9057 Fax: 208/441-7478 E-mail: bruce@ussubmarines.com http://ussubs.com http://poseidonresorts.com "Design, engineering and construction of submarines and submersibles" "Submarine related consulting, sales and operations." =======================================================================

I don't think one needs to loose sleep over the next event. But being educated and taking proper precautions would seem prudent. Discussing that eventuality should not hurt but dismissing it might. I know receding water is a good indication of a coming tsunami learned from the experience of others in the 64 event. That's education that I would never have discussed in this forum had an event not happened. I think all the information is good so thanks Bruce and Mike for opening up the discussion. The gain in simply being aware is great. Willy Invader No 1 39 Kishi Conversion > Mike (& Willy), > > Don't get me wrong. I am not in any way suggesting that a centralized > tsunami alert system is a bad thing. Clearly, an effectively implemented > system could save lives, even if it only gets used twice a century. And as > a former doctoral candidate in geology I understand the causative effects, > mechanisms, results and statistical probabilities. > > On this forum there are a number of individuals who are planning some long > distance passagemaking. Many of them are here to learn what they can and > rarely contribute rather than to ask a question. Some private e-mails I > have received would indicate that the subject of passagemaking is fairly > intimidating and some of them have a host of concerns and trepidations. > One of their reactions to your post was, "The complexities of doing this > and understanding all of the possible problems are bad enough and now I > need to worry about a tsunami warning communications protocol?" > > I don't think they do. > -- > ======================================================================= > L. Bruce Jones U.S. SUBMARINES, INC. > President POSEIDON UNDERSEA RESORTS LLC > Tel: 208/687-9057 Fax: 208/441-7478 > E-mail: bruce@ussubmarines.com http://ussubs.com > http://poseidonresorts.com > > Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List