CHRONICLE OF A DISASTER (good chronology of the Tsunami)

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-tictoc2jan02,0,3052961.story?coll=la-home-headlines


CHRONICLE OF A DISASTER

A Tremor, Then a Sigh of Relief, Before the Cataclysm Rushed In
After southern Asia's massive quake, experts initially were blind to the threat of a tsunami. Others were unable or unwilling to act.

By Paul Watson, Barbara Demick and Richard Fausset
Times Staff Writers

January 2, 2005

MADRAS, India —

.....It was 6:30 a.m. in southern India. A tremor had traveled more than 1,000 miles, speeding through the Earth's crust from the seabed off Indonesia to the seashore of India. Now it rattled the pews of St. Thomas Cathedral....

......THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING OR WATCH IN EFFECT.....


......"The initial report was only that the island has been hit by an earthquake and tidal wave," Ghosh said in an interview Friday. "They did not mention tsunami.".....