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Sunday, January 16, 2005  

Tsunamis and Technology

1) SmallBizPipeline: Tsunami Scams Have Got Me Steamed
http://www.smallbizpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57700373
2) National Geographic: Can Satellites Aid Earthquake Predictions?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0720_040720_earthquake.html
3) World Socialist Web Site: The Asian tsunami: why there were no warnings
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/warn-j03.shtml
4) Why Files: Perilous Predictions
http://whyfiles.org/094quake/6.html
5) USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Latest Earthquakes
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/
6) Princeton Earth Physics Project
http://lasker.princeton.edu/ScienceProjects/curr/eqmag/eqmag.htm
7) Christian Science Monitor: A Low-tech Solution to Tsunamis
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0110/p07s01-wosc.html

A writer from the SmallBizPipeline recently wrote an article reviewing some of the ways technology has been used to facilitate aid distribution and locate those missing after the Tsunami that hit several countries in Asia on December 26, 2004. This article (1) reports from a socialist perspective on the reasons why there was no early warning for the people who suffered from the recent tsunami, many of which are not related to a lack of technology. Nonetheless, predicting the next big earthquake is still beyond the control of scientists, according to this article from the Why Files (4). This website from the USGS (5) provides an overview of the magnitude of the most recent earthquake and links to other pages that help put the catastrophe in perspective in terms of previous earthquakes. This next website (6) proposes a lesson plan for calculating the magnitude of an earthquake, with links to some related information. Finally, this article (7) from the Christian Science Monitor highlights a low-tech way to minimize the effect of Tsunamis --mangroves. [From The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2004. http://scout.wisc.edu/]

This has been added to my comprehensive listing of December 26, 2004 Asian Tsunami Information and Stories available by clicking here.

posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:25 AM
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