Another Tsunami
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Now up to 222 for the death toll.
nwflyboy
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And apparently without a preceding earthquake(?!), zero warning, just out of the blue. Damn.
There is an advanced Tsunami warning system (DART) in place globally, but the Indonesian segment (based on 22 deep-sea buoys donated to them after their 2004 disaster) has not been functional for 6 years. See, for example:Indonesia hasn’t had a tsunami detection buoy system in place since 2012: National Disaster Agency | Coconuts Jakarta
Wingy
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The DART system doesn't care what generated the Tsunami, it just senses the Tsunami itself. It might have helped....222 people wish it had been functioning.
driftwood
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If I remember my geography correctly, its a pretty narrow straight between Anak Krackatoa and the effected coastlines. By the time you get a warning out the tsunami might well have proceeded it.
Why a tsunami struck Indonesia without warning
The article says the tsunami was not large enough to trigger the DART system (only 1m) and there was only 20-30 minutes between the "event" and the tsunami hitting the coastline.
Why a tsunami struck Indonesia without warning
The article says the tsunami was not large enough to trigger the DART system (only 1m) and there was only 20-30 minutes between the "event" and the tsunami hitting the coastline.
?? I don't see that in the article. The DART buoys trigger an alert on a 3cm (in deep water) event. If the Tsunami was 1m coming ashore, it might well have been too small in deep water to trigger the event detector, although the DART buoy could see it with its 1mm resolution. The problem is that the Indonesian DART buoys are not functioning.
You are right, the topography and coastlines amplify the event. Indonesia is a sitting duck.
I was trying to locate the buoys on the DART map to get a general idea of where they would be, are there id numbers for the non functional buoys you are referring To?
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