I have written my friend in India, and he says: "there are plenty of cell phones around here, even in the tiniest villages." He further goes on to say that a cell phone earthquake warning system "was in fact in place in at least one village here on the southeast coast. They got notice; everybody was evacuated in an orderly fashion and not one life was lost."
Students of earthquakes know only a few things for absolute certain. They include the fact that if a geographic area has never had an earthquake, it never will. A good example is Korea.
The experts also know that if any area has ever had a shake, it can be unreservedly assured there will be more.
What nobody knows is....."when"?
While I salute, body and soul, the efforts to provide warnings that can go instantly and affordably to everyone on the planet with a radio, television, phone or computer, I suggest we be careful about promises impossible to keep.
Predicting earthquakes - at least for now - is a fool's game.
Preparing for their aftermath is not.
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