Asian Tsunami. Lessons we can learn from it.

[classical_hero]

What are some of the lesson we can learn from the Asian Tsunami crisis?

I'll reply of what I think are some of the lessons that we could learn after some posts by others and when I come back from work tomorrow.

 

[The Last Conformist]

That a significant proportion of the Swedish people thinks that if an earthquake occurs on the other side of the globe, it's our government's fault.

 

[WickedSmurf]

Damn those Social Democrats.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

What are some of the lesson we can learn from the Asian Tsunami crisis?

The mindless, random shifting of some rocks at the bottom of the ocean can lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.

 

[CurtSibling]

What are some of the lesson we can learn from the Asian Tsunami crisis?

That there is no doubt that nature is the grand leveller.

Our puny nations are swept asunder whenever the elements please.

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[ummmm........]

That people in general can behave as though they care about one another?

But there really is no way to determine whether this is genuine, or gulilt-driven, or the herd mentality, or selfish, or any of a number of other things.

 

[Dann]

What are some of the lesson we can learn from the Asian Tsunami crisis?

That we still have a long way to go before we human beings can claim to have mastered this world.

That maybe less is better after all. The indigenous tribes in the Nicobar islands, isolated from the rest of humanity and possessing near Stone Age technology, actually made it through unscratched while more "civilized" people suffered horrendous casualties.

That there is good in man after all, as evidenced by the massive outpouring of aid from everywhere after the incident.

That there is evil always present as well, as shown by the instances of looting, rape, children being kidnapped, caste discrimination even in the face of such a calamity, etc.

 

[blindside]

I was most impressed by the private donations from Europe and the US/Canada.

 

[Yom]

That there is no doubt that nature is the grand leveller.

Our puny nations are swept asunder whenever the elements please.

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What he said.


Fortunately, in the future, we will be able to better predict and combat nature. My guess, though, is that we'll leave this planet before we master the elements.

 

[Zelig]

So in retrospect, what do you guys think we should have learned from the Asian tsunami?

What should we learn from the Japanese earthquake?

 

[Skwink]

Don't build nuclear plants on the coast, or on a fault line.

 

[ZeletDude]

Don't build nuclear plants on the coast, or on a fault line.

It was the Tsunami not the Earthquake that caused the problems.

 

[Zelig]

Don't build nuclear plants on the coast, or on a fault line.

I'm pretty sure those weren't build in the last five years.

 

[Skwink]

What should we learn from the Japanese earthquake?

Reread this part.

 

[qoou]

Don't keep unrenovated 60-year old plants around.

 

[Perfection]

My understanding is early warning systems put in place after the Asian tsunami were quite helpful.

Jesus, the Asian Tsunami was over 6 years ago.


Perf is getting old.

 

[Zelig]

My understanding is early warning systems put in place after the Asian tsunami were quite helpful.

Jesus, the Asian Tsunami was over 6 years ago.


Perf is getting old.

I find drugs to either stop you from storing anything in your long-term memory, or from recalling anything from the long-term, help.

 

[ZeletDude]

Don't keep unrenovated 60-year old plants around.

There not 60 years old.. Though they should keep them up to date..

 

[Tani Coyote]

That we definitely shouldn't build power plants in a region low enough a wave could damage it. A country rocked by earthquakes as much as Japan obviously is also at high risk for tsunamis, so power plants should definitely be moved inland.

That's how history works though; we don't take safety precautions until AFTER a disaster like this occurs. Titanic, Fire of London, etc.

 

[Perfection]

I find drugs to either stop you from storing anything in your long-term memory, or from recalling anything from the long-term, help.

I know, but I never can remember to take them.