Word: alarms
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SOUNDING THE ALARM For residents of the Pacific Northwest coast, the jolt of an earthquake would be the first signal that they should head for higher ground People too far away to feel the quake would be alerted by sirens or broadcast warnings, thanks to??a 26-nation network of seismic, tidal and sea-level monitors...
...didn't want to look at the water," Galapo says. When she arrived, she discovered that the local government official had lost most of his family to the tsunami, become depressed, poisoned himself, and was hospitalized. In the meantime, no aid had got through until Galapo sounded the alarm...
...past 1,000 years we've never had a tsunami, so why should I issue a warning for one?" Sumalee repeats the thought. "I never considered issuing a tsunami warning because we never had a tsunami before," she says, bristling at press reports that she hesitated to sound an alarm because it would damage Thailand's tourism industry. "Concerns about scaring tourists away never came into it," Sumalee says...
The silence, I'm told, is way worse than the snoring. In the middle of the night, you go quiet for a while. Your chest heaves. Nada. Your body tries again. Still nothing. Then, if you're lucky, your brain kicks in and sends out the alarm: without oxygen, it will starve. So your reflexes get your body to rouse; there's a snuffling, wheezing and then a big intake of breath. And then back to normal breathing--or more snoring--until the cycle starts again. And all the while, you're fast asleep, blissfully unaware that anything is going...
Upon the backdrop of accusations of “sellout” from his former hard rock fans, Heinegg’s new album of soulful meditations is hardly cause for alarm. His talented musicianship stands on its own as a force full of raw emotion, vivacity and somber eloquence. Regardless of its place amidst contemporary music trends or past musical associations Heinegg might have, this recording stands its ground as a singularly affecting work...