PHUKET is to get a weather and tsunami warning radar-radio system in July, the first of its kind in Asia, an expert in marine meteorological data management said today.
Dr Wattana Kanbua, a Bureau of Meteorology expert in atmosphere and ocean wave monitoring, was on Phuket to finalise the positioning of the radar radio equipment in Patong, rather than as first planned at Cape Promthep.
Other units are to go at Nam Khem, north of Phuket in Phang Nga, and at Surathani, Samui and Rayong.
Once an earthquake is detected, the radar radio can provide more information on the wave patterns. Its prime use will be to detect weather patterns and provide better information, making the waters of the Andaman Sea safer for fishing and tourism.
''It will be a bonus for tourism and protect people better,'' Dr Wattana said as he finalised the placement of the radar radio in Patong. The Patong positioning will provide a fuller range of 190 kilometres, better than it would have been from Cape Promthep.
Vessels and even oil slicks can be monitored by the system.
Concerns continue to be expressed about the preparedness of Phuket and the Andaman coast for a possible second tsunami, with a false alarm earlier this month illustrating the lack of cohesion and an embarrassing on-and-off evacuation order.
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Other units are to go at Nam Khem, north of Phuket in Phang Nga, and at Surathani, Samui and Rayong.
Once an earthquake is detected, the radar radio can provide more information on the wave patterns. Its prime use will be to detect weather patterns and provide better information, making the waters of the Andaman Sea safer for fishing and tourism.
''It will be a bonus for tourism and protect people better,'' Dr Wattana said as he finalised the placement of the radar radio in Patong. The Patong positioning will provide a fuller range of 190 kilometres, better than it would have been from Cape Promthep.
Vessels and even oil slicks can be monitored by the system.
Concerns continue to be expressed about the preparedness of Phuket and the Andaman coast for a possible second tsunami, with a false alarm earlier this month illustrating the lack of cohesion and an embarrassing on-and-off evacuation order.
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Folks just join up with these folks
( (http://tsunami-alarm.com/ )
and have a clear proper warning long before the " authorities" here in Thailand / Phuket, even have a clue what is going on.
This info is from a person called Kelvin who posted this earlier in another post.
" In view of the lack of information sent out by the "authorities" during the last tsunami warning, I thought readers might like to learn of a reliable, independent, tsunami alarm system which sends SMS messages directly to subscribers' mobile phones."
Yes I subscribed, the next one will be middle of this year ? Stay tuned.
Posted by Graham on April 27, 2010 21:12