Geophysicist calls for considering all subduction zones as potential tsunami threats

Geophysicist calls for considering all subduction zones as potential tsunami threats: "Geophysicist calls for considering all subduction zones as potential tsunami threats
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Washington, March 24(ANI): A geophysicist from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Professor Robert McCaffrey has urged the public, and policy makers to consider all subduction-type tectonic boundaries to be 'locked, loaded, and dangerous,' and potential tsunami threats. "

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Sea floor records ancient Earth

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Sea floor records ancient Earth: "'Since the plate tectonic paradigm is the framework in which we interpret all modern-day geology, it is important to know how far back in time it operated,' said Professor Minik Rosing of the University of Copenhagen and one of the authors of the paper."

NewsLocale - CPR Without Mouth-to-Mouth More Effective in Sudden Heart Attack

NewsLocale - CPR Without Mouth-to-Mouth More Effective in Sudden Heart Attack: "CPR Without Mouth-to-Mouth More Effective in Sudden Heart Attack PDF Print E-mail

Written by Therasa Maher
Friday, 16 March 2007
A patient who suffers a sudden heart attack may be better off if the subsequent cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) efforts do not include mouth-to-mouth ventilations, a new Japanese study suggests. Current guidelines say that CPR must include 30 chest compressions followed by two mouth-to-mouth ventilations."

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starbulletin.com | News | /2007/03/13/: "NOAA seeks faster tsunami solutions
The NOAA, celebrating its 200th anniversary, is trying to quicken detection of tsunamis
By Helen Altonn
haltonn@starbulletin.com

Enhancing Hawaii's seismic network to collect better and faster information about tsunami threats is one of the goals this year of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says a key official.

It now takes two to three minutes after an earthquake to collect sufficient data to determine if a dangerous tsunami was generated, said Jeff LaDouce, director, National Weather Service Pacific Region.

'We're trying to get the solution for the location and intensity of earthquakes in the quickest time -- in 90 seconds,' LaDouce said in an interview at a recent breakfast meeting launching a yearlong celebration of NOAA's 200th anniversary.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is one of the many functions of NOAA, which manages more than $70 million annually in Hawaii fishery, oceanic, coastal, climatic and atmospheric programs, LaDouce pointed out."

Tornado Responders Slowed By Cell Phones, First Responders In Alabama Used Cell Phones Instead Of New $18M State Radio Network - CBS News

Tornado Responders Slowed By Cell Phones, First Responders In Alabama Used Cell Phones Instead Of New $18M State Radio Network - CBS News: "(AP) In the chaos after a tornado killed nine people in Enterprise, emergency workers had trouble talking to one another because they tried to use their cell phones instead of the state's $18 million emergency communications upgrade, officials say.

'People were frustrated, but all they had to do was turn on their radios,' state Homeland Security Director Jim Walker told The Associated Press in a recent interview.
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The Standard - China's Business Newspaper

The Standard - China's Business Newspaper: "The US Geological Survey put the epicenter about 420 kilometers from Singapore. The Indonesian national quake center measured the first quake at 5.8.

A magnitude six earthquake struck the same area two hours later, causing more panic. But Padang is one of the few Indonesian cities where a tsunami warning system is in place."