Sri Lanka’s tsunami sensor not repaired since 2003
The tsunami-warning equipment gifted to Sri Lankan by Japan had been out of order since August 2003, and the authorities had not bothered to repair it, says disaster management expert Dr Ranijth Premalal De Silva.
"Sri Lanka does not need new equipment. It already has the necessary equipment at the University of Peradeniya in Kandy, gifted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. But the equipment had broken down in August 2003, and not repaired since then. A power failure had corrupted the software.Read More
Angelo Embuldeniya at 12:33:00 pm |
This sensor was not a "Tsunami Sensor." It was never intended nor capable of sensing tsunamis nor warning Sri Lankans about tsunamis.
Wolfgang Harrer's German Tsunami-Blog (@ZDF-TV) presents a very different picture of this story in the Hindustan Times. He asked this University in Sri Lanka for their version of the story and published their letter in his commentary field.
http://tsunami-blog.zdf.de/2005/01/tragisches-versumnis.html