jts-khorat

Old Croc, on 2012-04-18 09:55:25, said:

Obviously you are not veru good in your fact finding... why would you believe that I am located in Khorat -- even though my profile actually states otherwise, I talked about being in the traffic during the event itself, posted a link to a photo gallery.


'Nuff said.

jts-khorat, on 2012-04-17 08:24:59, said:

I hate it when I am right on the obvious things: Dane dies of blood loss after Phuket tsunami evacuation

http://phuketgazette...ticle12823.html

NomadJoe, on 2012-04-17 04:08:26, said:

No, we are discussing not a theoretical event, but an event where the quake was felt, with clear information about its source, and additionally I am advising to monitor the relevant information coming forward.

Yes, there could be other scenarios and sources, like a large quake in the Andaman islands; a tsunami would be reaching Phuket in 20 minutes. You would be also safe of any possible imaginable tsunami wave if you walked past Jungceylon or past the police station towards Nanai Road.

Still no need wrecking your car or driving over other fleeing pedestrians in your panic-stricken fight to reach first the perceived safety of a mountain top.

I hope we agree at least about the last point.

oilinki, on 2012-04-16 19:50:29, said:

Fair point. But still, fleeing blindly and unprepared is not the better option to making an informed decision after assessing the risk. As I said, the process of fleeing with the crazy crowd had -- on April 11 -- a much higher chance of getting you and your loved ones injured.

Also, nearly any of the Thai people I know have by now a smart phone; funny enough, I am the one without, with just a phone "for calling". Most of the Thais I know also play around on Facebook all day.

You want information in Thai, go here: http://www.facebook.com/EarthquakeTMD
or here: http://www.tmd.go.th...uake_report.php

It is not as difficult as you make it out to be; you find this info very easily if you search for earthquake information in Thai in Facebook or Google. This is the year 2012 and who is uninformed is in reality most likely just uninterested. This is even true for the Thais.

moskito, on 2012-04-16 18:53:49, said:

The warning tower in Patong sounded indeed. Police and helpers were out very quick to alarm anybody who did not know what had happened and ushered stragglers on as it becamse obvious that there was indeed a tsunami warning out.

Even though the Thai news got it too early by an hour, the Pacific Warning Centers advisory that came out only minutes after the quake, that a potential tsunami could reach Phuket by 18:28, was nearly completely accurate (the biggest wave there was still barely visible).

A photo gallery with a picture of the wave is here, for those who want to inform themselves: http://www.facebook....80990341&type=1

An earth quake 30 times weaker than the last one had from the outset little potential to create a bigger wave. So panic, already after having this information that the quake was less than 6, would be completely wrong.

The main risk to anybody being in Patong on April 11 was actually not the tsunami, but getting maimed in traffic (a risk in general) by some fleeing idiot and then emergency services being so bogged down by even more idiots, that you would be long bled out on the street before you can ever reach hospital.