Word: hirshorn
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...from Hawaii to Japan had the relevant phone numbers at hand to get in touch with officials in Indian Ocean nations. They, in turn, exhibited little of the indecisiveness that cost countless lives in December. "We were calling harbor masters, civil-defense people, and people in governments," says Barry Hirshorn, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center near Honolulu. "[If they didn't speak much English] we would just call and say, 'Major earthquake' and 'Tsunami warning,' and they understood...
...make up their minds," says Thailand's Dharmmasaroj, "so we are setting up our own national warning center." If a system does get off the ground by the end of next year, it will not be a moment too soon. "We don't want to be guessing again," says Hirshorn, the Hawaii-based geophysicist. "If it happens next week, we just won't have any idea: maybe no tsunami, maybe a tsunami?who knows...
Here's a good way to punish Bill Gates without resorting to the breakup of his baby [NATION, May 8]. Put him in front of a computer and have him put a 57-page document in the proper format using Microsoft Word. That'll teach him. PHYLLIS HIRSHORN New York City...
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