- Describe how the Pacific warning system "works".
- Why didn't the scientists who knew that an earthquake had occurred in the Indonesian area send out warnings about a possible tsunami?
- What are nature's three tsunami warning signs?
- A British girl vacationing in Thailand saved lives because she knew what the retreating water that preceded the tsunami meant. What does this say about tsunami education in regions where they may occur?
- Tsunami warning systems are expensive. What criteria do you think decision-makers should use in deciding whether to invest in such a warning system in oceans throughout the world?
