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Old 12-27-2004, 01:08 AM  
azguy
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Originally Posted by KRL
Most of these people were killed by water not the quake itself. In some of these spots these people were killed 2 hours after the quake hit.

So no, there was a lot of time to warn all these people to get the hell away from the coastline.
I agree that something went wrong here.

However, where would you suggest they all go in a 2-hour notice? How would they leave so fast? After all, we're talking about countries that don't quite have it together when it comes to transportation capabilities and logistics. I don't know how bad it is, but it's definitely not as easy as evacuating regions in Florida.
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