Talk:Tsunami warning system

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[edit] Almost at once

5 km/s is pretty fast you know - and that's the slowest of the waves, the quickest travel at 14k m/s, almost three times quicker. Detection is therefore several orders of magnitude difference in the speed of the respective waves), no matter where on the Earth a specific detector is located - in fact, you could describe the detection of an earthquake as being 'almost at once'.. Witness the speed of the response of the PTWC to the 2004 IOe - it detected the quake, analysed it, predicted the propagation of the tsunami, and issued a bulletien, all in less than twelve minutes. Dan100 23:23, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami

The title is plural as there are many different types of tsunami warning systems. Dan100 10:30, Jan 16, 2005 (UTC)

Dan, in an encyclopedia, article titles will invariably be singular unless no suitable singular form exists (eg, "scissors"). There are many examples of things which have different kinds or types — in fact most things do. A trivial example would be Haircut or Hairstyle... it's listed in the singular form. -- Curps 22:52, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Now why didn't you explain that the first time you moved the page :) (apologies if you did and I just didn't notice). Point taken! Dan100 22:14, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Number of People Saved

I think at the least this sentence: "To this day, no people have been saved from a tsunami by a tsunami warning system." should be attributed with a source. Since the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was established in 1949 and the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center was established in 1967, and both have issued numerous warnings over the years, the statement is difficult to believe--but more importantly,it seems impossible to prove.

--Todd B. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.114.53.254 (talk) 18:00, 19 January 2007 (UTC).