Via Bloomberg.com: Asian Goverments Raise Tsunami Alert Using Faxes, Local Media Asian governments relied on phone calls, faxes and the media to alert citizens of a possible tsunami after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck near Sumatra, in the absence of an alert network they promised to build. “After we received the readings on the earthquake [...]
That’s what O.J. Simpson said today when asked to comment on the death of Johnnie Cochran. “I’ve got to say, I don’t think I’d be home today without Johnnie,” Simpson said by telephone from Florida after learning of Cochran’s death in Los Angeles. Simpson noted other members of his defense team but said: “Without Johnnie [...]
Apparently, that’s what it takes to put together a tsunami warning system in India. Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal has told NDTV that a state-of-the-art tsunami warning system will be soon put in place in the country. The proposed Rs 125 crore project, which has already been approved by the government, would give India [...]
Via Wired: Why no tsunami this time? Answer lies in location. The powerful quake that struck off Indonesia on Monday probably did not generate a killer tsunami because it was deep and in a fortuitous location, experts said on Tuesday. But they said the uncertainty over whether there would be a tsunami after the 8.7 [...]
Dead (updated 3/31/05 -ed.) Johnnie Cochran, Jr., (Famed O.J. Simpson lawyer) died in California today. Family statement on Cochran. Schiavo Not Dead Yet Jerry Falwell in critical condition Pope needs feeding tube
