hi everybody.
well looking at the heading i thought maybe we all were going to talk about actual implementation of such a system.
some ideas, some technical specs, some details of already existing systems .....basically facts to deal and read .. !!!!
unfortunately all that i got to read was political & humanitarian debate (please spare that in this scientific forum) and some literal suggestions (like in corporate boardroom meetings) ...but alas! no real suggestions ...not even an idea.
please guys ... leave the pessimism and politics to the respective idiots.
if money is an impediment in the implementation of such a system, then our aim should be to build a system which would be really cheap and modular and expandable.... the properties which allow the system to become scalable. as all good electronic systems should be.
this way it could be utilized in even poor countries living under the dread of an imminent tsunami.
basically what all such warning systems require is some sort of signal processing system to monitor and analyse the shock waves, oceanic changes and other related dynamics of atmosphere. and then send the warning signals if some threshold value is exceeded.
and given the ubiquity of DSP systems in todays world and availability of cheap high end electronic components i think one can efficiently build a good warning system.
some might say that VLSI is available to implement such systems in small size... but i would like to go against it ...because it really would not matter if we use discrete components and sacrifice size (therefor containing the price of the system) ...because in the ocean it would rather be convenient to have a platform floating of around a 5x5 foot size. this way microwave devices could also be installed to facilitate satellite and other remote signal processing communication systems.
guys ..i am no wiz at these things ...just an average electronics professional.
but i can sure make out what is required and what is not.
please guys ..... i have seen some brilliant suggestions on this forum from elektroda days to edaboard.com days ...please give out technical facts and ideas.
other social debates could be easily kept for stupid politicians.
i hope i am not offending anybody ... i am just trying to convey what i felt right ...
especially now that this discussion is promoted so we should handle it more responsibly.
by the way one suggestion for infra waves (which was infered from the fact that animals indeed sensed the upcoming tsunami and fled the coast line to safer places) ... i think that was radical ..
please friend can you elaborate more on that idea?
one more starting point could be this page (thanx google) ...
http://www.drgeorgepc.com/TsunamiFAQ.html
well looking forward ...indeed,
with thanx and apologies,
hex_ray