Although there was an earthquake in the South Pacific the Tsunami warning was a false alarm. It happened overnight and there only appears to be one coastal community where the news spread off CNN and people tried to evacuate.
Two streams of comment on the radio (even though it was a false alarm the fact that some people in Gisbourne headed for the hills has made it the lead story on national radio this morning)
1. some criticism of the international media for its reporting
2. it has shown up that we still need to do some work on how information is communicated to the public during disasters (where there to be a real one)
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05-03-2006, 12:27 PM #7
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