Summary Of How Scientists And Victims Watched Homelessly

The author wants the reader to learn how to listen to people who know what they are doing. In the article How Scientists and Victims Watched Helplessly” it says, “For the scientists in Hawaii, at the planet's main tsunami center, who managed to send out one of the rare formal warnings, there was intense frustration. They had useful information; they were trained to get the word out; but they were stymied by limitations, including a lack of telephone numbers for counterparts in other countries.” People in Hawaii at the pacific tsunami warning center knew for several hours that a tsunami was going to take place, but they had no way of communicating to warn Indonesia about the tsunami that will be the deadliest tsunami in history that killed over one thousand people. In the article Indian Ocean tsunami: Then and now, it said, “Despite there being several hours between the earthquake and the impact of the tsunami, nearly all the victims were taken completely by surprise. With no adequate warning systems in place, there was no alert issued to people to seek safety.” Hawaii knows what’s happening, but Indonesia doesn’t know what is happening, making them clueless on what to is happening, but making sure everyone is alright after the earthquake happened and no one was killed or very badly injured. Chapter 5 page 32, “Ruslan rushed out of the house.
Far down the lane men, women, and children shrieked as they ran in front of a surge of blackish brown water.”the people in Indonesia just went on with their day and carried on because they had no