BY MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY TEN YEARS AGO: One of the most destructive and powerful earthquakes in recorded history, more than a quarter of a million recorded deaths, local economies destroyed, the lives of entire communities shattered, and no serious investigation into the flaws of the global seismic warning system is contemplated. According to Columbia University’s Earth Institute the M-9.0 Sumatra – Andaman Island earthquake on December 26th released energy, equivalent roughly to 700 million Hiroshima bombs. Seismic information regarding what scientists identify as a “rare great earthquake”, was available in near real time (i.e. almost immediately) to seismic centers around the World. Other types of data, including satellite imagery were also available in near real time. The advanced global seismic information and communications systems were fully operational. Why then, did the information not get out on the morning of December 26th? Ten of thousands of lives could have been saved. The issue has been skirted by the Western media, sidestepped by the governments and the UN, not to mention the international scientific community.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:51:27 +0000
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