Monday, December 27, 2004

E-Government Readiness The UN 2004 E-Government Readiness Report is now online. I think that I forgot to mention that last week the GAO release their latest progress report on implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002. 12:28:39 PM    comment []

Tsunami Warning Following the tremendous 9.1 earthquake in the Indian Ocean, it is interesting to look at current earthquake activity and the large number of aftershocks, one as high as 7.3 near the Nicobar Islands.  There is certainly a lot of interest in creating an early warning system there similar to what we have in Hawaii, Alaska, and other areas of the Pacific coast.  The International Tsunami Information Center is headquartered in Hawaii.  An alert issued at two o'clock zulu time mentioned that there might be the possiblity of a tsunami associated with the Sumatra quake.  ATTENTION: NOTE REVISED MAGNITUDE. THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING OR WATCH IN EFFECT. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME -  0059Z 26 DEC 2004 COORDINATES -   3.4 NORTH   95.7 EAST LOCATION    -  OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATERA MAGNITUDE   -  8.5 EVALUATION REVISED MAGNITUDE BASED ON ANALYSIS OF MANTLE WAVES. THIS EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC. NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR THE PACIFIC BASIN BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A TSUNAMI NEAR THE EPICENTER.   Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands, was one of many hard hit areas by the December 26th tsunami The west coast of Sumatra is one of the most active earthquake zones in the world.  Some of the biggest aftershocks occured near India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands.  Sri Lanka was also devastated.  The US Embassy in Colombo announced an immediate response.  The more than 10,000 dead will be buried in mass graves. 9:06:04 AM    comment []

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