One would think, given the scope of this disaster, that GPS systems would now be trained on the earthquake hot spots on the globe, such as Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Alaska, Chile, et. al.

Think of the lives that could be saved were GPS monitoring systems set up to give up-to-the-minute reports, analyzed by computers, and then broadcast to scientists in real time to issue tsunami warnings, or, in the case of mostly land-locked areas like Iran, FFA warnings, if applicable.

The science is available, but the governments of developed countries are more interested in spending money on irrelevant wars than on real issues that could save hundreds of thousands of lives.

When thinking of these lives lost recently, I think of the trickle down effect.
For each life lost, there are countless relatives and loved ones grieving. There is a viable way to prevent this type of massive suffering, but our government, especially, is more interested in provoking extended suffering than in preventing it. That sucks.

Cathryn