Tsunami warning! What Tsunami warning?

Well if you had telstra you'd have had mobile coverage on the surf side of Moreton.

I plan to be there soon but with Vodaphone now I don't have much expectation.

Did the tidal surge bring you any extra fish?

Wow we really do expect a lot don't we, I do not see how it would be possible or practical to warn every camper on the east coast of Australia in the time that was available.

Warnings were put out over ABC radio to stay away from the waters edge and that it was not going to be a large wave just a possible surge and strong currents.

I guess if people swam in patrolled beach areas as recommended they would be safe enough as the life guards would want them.

Bit of a no win situation really.
Look at all those that ignored the directions of Surf Life Savers.
Damned if you do & damned if you don't kinda thing.
But I do think your mate is asking a bit much, because do really feel that every beach along the East Coast should of had a Chopper fly over it on the chance someone was camping?
What about, all the people that will not listen to the next warning when given out? Then they will be blaming someone else if they don't take action and an actually Tsunami does come.
I've never been to Morton Island camping, is there a register of some kinda that will pin point where each and every camper is? Or do and can people camp where ever they like?
This might seem a bit harsh towards your mate, but lets get a bit realistic about things.

if hes so worried about missing out on warnings of any kind he really needs to invest in a $20 am/fm radio instead of trying to shift blame/responsability

ABC frequently isue warnings of all kinds, mostly severe weather and fire but in this case tsunami

if hes to cool to tune into auntie dont blame others


you cant warn those who dont want to listen

Just another fool who expects everyone else to look after him. As per an above post, tell him to invest a couple of bucks in his OWN safety.

Regards

G/Day Geoff

As a rule the Rangers on Moreton Island are on the ball as far as emergencies go, I have seen them react when they had a scrub fire over there, and warned Campers ect, maybe they didn't have any info about the Tsunami Warning.

Cheers

A couple of years ago we were on Fraser when a Tsunami alert was issued. The Rangers went to all the campsites on the beach and told everyone to evacuate to high ground NOW.

So we all went up to the Orchid Beach shop for a while and ate all Judy's pies and Ice Creams ;-)

In this post I am referring to those places where you do not have coverage from your mobile phone carrier of choice.

For those areas you have to look after yourselves. Do as your parents did. Get the shortwave tranny radio out, find some batteries and next time you go there with a cuppa, or whatever in hand, at 6PM tune in to Radio Australia on shortwave and listen to the radio. We always have since I was in school.

Radio Australia

Phil

i heard of one of my mothers sons over in the land of the long white cloud was told not go diving as there wad a tsunami warning, he in turn laughed and went anyway, got back and said they were diving in water over there heads then all of a sudden they were in waist deep , thought it was funny, go ask yourself. no wonder i became an Australian.
Pete

I for one don't believe that any government agency is capable of warning everyone about anything on time. Their processes are quite complex and then they have to weigh it up and decide if to cause a panick or let it pass. This is all from the same people that give you the health system, tax, schools and a range of other expensive services.

I have to admit that they exceeded my expectations with this alert.

Kind regards

Geoff,

Whether you are travelling or just out and about ultimately it is up to you (or your mate) to be responsible for your own safety. The easiest way to do that is to listen to the radio - there are hourly news and weather bulletins on ABC stations - it only takes 5 minutes.

Its not just tsunamis, its cyclones, heavy rain, floods, fires, windstorms etc. Hopefully we will never reach such a nanny state of affairs that we need to have a message sent to our mobiles for each and every possible situation.

Cheers,

Val

When camping or at home I still listen to ABC News each morning - if only to find out what I'm not missing out on back in the real world. If camping at Moreton Island reception would be quite good and if I hadn't taken the 'trannie' then I would turn the AM/FM radio on in the 4WD - it's has a much stronger receiver anyway. That way I would have found out about the earthquake south of Okinawa and the one in Chile and would automatically discuss this around the camp - and think about tsunami and talk about it.
This might sound a little simplistic - but I simply hate morning TV (and I'm campind remember with no TV for heck's sake), love morning radio, love current affairs but hate 'reality shows'. Radio allows you to do other things at the same time as listening.
So, I'm with the others above who suggest good old fashioned radio would be the way to go - very few vehicles don't have radios in them so there really isn't any excuse, particularly as emergency warnings are frequently given out on radio.
As for the people who stood at the beach waiting for it - or went swimming at the time it was due to hit, regardless of the Lifesavers warnings - well I find that difficult to comprehend. Shows an incredible lack of respect for themselves, their children and particularly the volunteers trying to protect them.

I think you'll find that a lot of people ignored the warning because of the many previous tsunami warnings we've been treated to since 'the big one' happened - with NO warning. It's getting to be a bit like 'the boy who cried wolf'.

NO - I do not necessarily agree with their attitude either.

Regards

Hahahahahaha.. that's shocking!
Next you'll be telling us they don't deliver pizzas either?

LOL