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Salam WBS --- Eny Buchary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: "Eny Anggraini Buchary" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Eny Buchary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:19:58 -0700 > Subject: [ISOI_net] Beberapa berita evaluasi > kejadian tsunami di Pangandaran > > Dear all, > Berikut ada News Digest yang saya pikir bermanfaat > untuk dishare sebagai informasi dan renungan kita > bersama⦠bahwa negara kita masih amat sangat tidak > siap untuk menghadapi tsunami; kalah dengan Thailand > dan Malaysia yang kayaknya sudah lebih siap > sistemnya (sejak kejadian tsunami 2004 menimpa > mereka), lengkap dengan menara sirene-nya di daerah > pesisir yang siap mengumumkan peringatan evakuasi > dalam berbagai bahasa! > > Salam, > > Eny > > Vancouver, Canada > ----- > SAMUDRA News Alert: Today's Headlines > > 19 Jul 2006-5:00 PM IST > * Indonesia > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071800499.html> > didn't relay tsunami warnings > > A government minister said Tuesday that Indonesia > received warnings from two regional agencies that > the powerful undersea earthquake had the potential > to trigger a tsunami, but it did not try to pass > them on to threatened communities. > > Science and Technology Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman > said Indonesia received the bulletins from the > Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and Japan's > Meteorological Agency after the quake, but "we did > not announce them." > > The warnings were sent about 45 minutes before the > tsunami struck. Even if the government had an > attempt to contact the local authorities by phone, > radio or e-mail, it's unclear how those warnings > would have been passed along to residents or > tourists on the beach with no system of sirens or > alarms in place. Coastal residents reported that > they did not feel the earthquake. > > Source: Associated > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071800499.html> > Press > > > * Tsunami > <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bdb2efae-1699-11db-8b7b-0000779e2340.html> > warning system questioned > By Shawn Donnan > > Questions were being asked on Tuesday night about > the effectiveness of a warning system set up in the > wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami after > Indonesian officials said an e-mailed warning about > Monday's offshore earthquake was received 14 minutes > after towering waves hit southern Java. > > The death toll from the latest tsunami -- the result > of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean -- > rose to around 400 on Wednesday as rescuers > continued to scour the rubble in coastal > communities. But as the toll rose, observers were > beginning to question the efficacy of the > much-touted Indian Ocean tsunami warning network. > > "For a local tsunami, there is no way to warn people > in advance," said Budi Waluyo, the deputy head of > earthquake information at Indonesia's Bureau of > Meteorology and Geophysics. "The tsunami was moving > very fast." > > It emerged on Tuesday that the Pacific Tsunami > Warning Centre in Hawaii issued an e-mail bulletin > on Monday warning of "the possibility of a local > tsunami that could affect coasts no more than 100 > kilometres from the earthquake epicentre". > > However, the e-mail landed at Indonesia's > Meteorological and Geophysical Agency 20 minutes > after the earthquake, which happened at 3.19pm local > time. According to Mr Waluyo, the first of a series > of waves -- moving at 900 km an hour -- hit the > southern coast of Java at 3.25pm, 14 minutes before > the e-mail landed. > > Tony Elliott, head of the inter-governmental > co-ordination group overseeing the deployment of the > Indian Ocean tsunami warning system, led by the > United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural > Organisation, said the 20 minutes it took to issue > the warning was "a very good result". > > Officials in India concurred with the warning, > causing authorities to monitor the sea around the > Andaman and Nicobar islands for five to six hours -- > the time it would have taken a tsunami to cross the > Indian Ocean -- before declaring the all-clear. > > Mr Elliott said the goal was to cut the time it took > to issue a tsunami warning to five minutes or less. > But in places such as Indonesia, which sits on > several seismic fault-lines, even that may do little > to save lives. > > Indonesia had a deadly relationship with tsunamis > long before the December 2004 disaster, which left > more than 160,000 dead in the Sumatran province of > Aceh. In 1883 more than 36,000 died after the > eruption of Krakatoa. Tsunamis also hit the eastern > island of Flores in 1992 and eastern Java in 1994, > causing hundreds of fatalities each time. > > Even if the warning had arrived before the waves, > Indonesian officials said on Tuesday, the country > still did not have a system to pass on warnings to > the public. > > A team of experts led by Unesco warned last > September that the countryâs meteorological bureau > relied on busy landlines and a single mobile phone > with an unpublished number to relay warnings, with > no emergency radio system. > > The agencyâs earthquake information centre now has > three telephone lines. When the earthquake hit, they > were immediately jammed by callers seeking > information. When they might have been relaying > warnings âour staff were busy answering the > phoneâ, Mr Waluyo said > > With help from donors, Indonesia is rolling out the > infrastructure for a warning system. Two special > buoys were installed this year off the west coast of > Sumatra. > > But officials say it will be 2009 before an > effective system is in place. Until then the best > they can do is advise people in coastal areas to > stay attuned to earthly rumbles. > > âThe only thing we can do in the meantime is > suggest to people who live in coastal areas that if > thereâs a strong earthquake, they should move to a > safer area,â said Fauzi, head of the > meteorological agencyâs earthquake and tsunami > division. > > Source: FT > <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bdb2efae-1699-11db-8b7b-0000779e2340.html> > -------- di potong ----- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
