Comments on: A botched Tsunami Early Warning test – Lessons for the future https://groundviews.org/2009/09/16/a-botched-tsunami-early-warning-test-lessons-for-the-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-botched-tsunami-early-warning-test-lessons-for-the-future Journalism for Citizens Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:55:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Rohan Samarajiva https://groundviews.org/2009/09/16/a-botched-tsunami-early-warning-test-lessons-for-the-future/#comment-9139 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:55:50 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1671#comment-9139 The account points out the fundamental problems with warning towers that we have pointed out repeatedly: http://lirneasia.net/2008/10/sri-lanka-tsunami-warning-towers-a-day-late-and-a-penny-short/.

But towers can be understood within the frame of “warning theater.” In addition to, or instead of, providing effective warning, government seeks to give people the impression that something is being done.

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