Tsunami Warning Systems as Potential Disaster Mitigaters
Large-scale disasters are more possible in today's world than ever before. Due to both natural and man-made phenomena, the latter of which comprises everything from global warming to nuclear weapons, catastrophes are much more prescient. These disasters have been seen in various instances, especially in the Pacific, the most recent of which is the tsunami that hit Japan. Tsunamis are a deadly natural force in themselves, but combine them with the damage to a nuclear power plant and one has a veritable code red catastrophe with which to deal.
One way in which the world has begun to protect itself from such disasters are through various mitigating systems. This is what this paper will discuss. However, with respect to tsunamis, for instance, one must first ask if these systems are truly helpful; in other words, do they work? The official Tsunami...
If such a system were to be fully functional, would such catastrophes be avoided? With regards to Japan, one must note that the tsunami was truly quite massive, and came quite quickly -- people did not have time to prepare themselves, their homes, belongings, or protect themselves in the ensuing nuclear disaster that followed.
With this knowledge in mind, thus, one must conclude that the TWS was not successful in this case,…
