NewsWhore
04-23-2009, 06:30 PM
The Dominican Republic has installed the first oceanography machine to detect tsunamis, according to a report from the state-owned news agency Antena. This news comes just one day after British geologists warned of the high risk of a tsunami (a tidal wave produced by major seismic events) in the Caribbean in case of the collapse of a volcano on the island of Dominica, generating waves of up to five meters in height. News reports indicate that the avalanche of tons of rock and soil would primarily affect Guadeloupe. The trigger could be an earthquake or a hurricane that may bring heavy rains and major costal erosion.
The "Tsunami Read" device is located in the Multimodal Port of Caucedo to the east of Santo Domingo city, at a cost of US$100,000. The device provides advance warnings of coastal dangers due to very high tides and other events. The source indicated that the acquisition of the new instrument reinforces the network of oceanographic measuring devices already in place in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and will assist in navigation along the coastline. The project of the Seismic Network of Puerto Rico also seeks to "educate the citizenry on how to respond to a tsunami warning."
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The "Tsunami Read" device is located in the Multimodal Port of Caucedo to the east of Santo Domingo city, at a cost of US$100,000. The device provides advance warnings of coastal dangers due to very high tides and other events. The source indicated that the acquisition of the new instrument reinforces the network of oceanographic measuring devices already in place in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and will assist in navigation along the coastline. The project of the Seismic Network of Puerto Rico also seeks to "educate the citizenry on how to respond to a tsunami warning."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)