Comments on: Sri Lanka: Seven years after tsunami, lack of information and preparedness prevails http://lirneasia.net/2011/12/sri-lanka-seven-years-after-tsunami-lack-of-information-and-preparedness-prevails/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Mon, 20 May 2013 12:57:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rohan Samarajiva http://lirneasia.net/2011/12/sri-lanka-seven-years-after-tsunami-lack-of-information-and-preparedness-prevails/comment-page-1/#comment-47003 Rohan Samarajiva Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:50:26 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=12691#comment-47003 (a) The problem is not about tsunami alerts, but about alerts in general
(b) The problem is not the lack of information generated by hazard detection and monitoring systems (Sri Lanka gets this information from both the PTWC in Hawai’i and from Japan, and I’d bet they are faster than Hyderabad), but with converting that information into usable warnings and alerts.

Cooperation is always good, but one must get one’s house in order first.

]]> By: Kalyan Raman http://lirneasia.net/2011/12/sri-lanka-seven-years-after-tsunami-lack-of-information-and-preparedness-prevails/comment-page-1/#comment-47002 Kalyan Raman Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:54:32 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=12691#comment-47002 Doesn’t Sri Lanka receive alerts from the ITEWS (Indian Tsunami Early Warning System) from Hyderabad, India which is one of the three RTSPs (Regional Tsunami Service Provider) for the Indian Ocean Region, the other two being in Australia and Indonesia? The Early Warning System in Hyderabad is fully equipped to generate locale-specific bulletins- warning, alert, and watch – for the local administration to take action as per an SOP. They also do mock tsunami drills. There is perhaps a case for co-operation.

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