Cell phones, Net could have saved thousands from waves
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In a sickening way, the horrific death toll from the tsunamis last week was an information disaster.
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How a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered sea surges and the deaths of thousands of people.
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Plans to send Internet broadband signals  down mains electricity cables rather than telephone lines could  hit the radio hams whose transmissions were so vital in the  aftermath of the Asian tsunami, New Scientist magazine reported  on Wednesday.
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Tidal waves, or tsunami, often set off by undersea earthquakes, have caused several major disasters in coastal communities over the years.
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Popular program restricting cell phone use could also hamper emergency 911 services.
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Ziff Davis - Nations struggle to regain their footing after the devastating tsunami in southeast Asia, where many areas have skipped the traditional wireline infrastructure and have moved directly to wireless communications.
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More than 40,000 people are believed to have been killed by Sunday's Indian Ocean tsunami and millions more are homeless. Learn the facts about these killer waves: how tsunamis are generated, their destructive power, and what you can do to protect yourself.
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n the wreckage left by the devastating one-two punch of Hurricanes Charley and Frances, engineers, researchers and others are finding some hope that this combination of disasters may do
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Among the legions of traumatized Sri Lankan fishermen whose lives were ravaged by the tsunami are many who are not sure they can go back to the simple lives they and their families once led by the sea.
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Scientists say the death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced if India and Sri Lanka had been part of an international system designed to warn coastal communities about potentially deadly waves.
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In the aftermath of last week's tsunami disaster, the Internet is a tool for good and bad ... but mostly good. -washingtonpost.com
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MIAMI _ After Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, Matt Callmeyer struggled to call his wife, who had evacuated. "I had to drive to Baton Rouge to get cell phone service," said the City of New Orleans emergency responder. He felt lucky that he knew where she was.
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Denver: The high death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal communities about deadly waves, scientists say.
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NEW YORK - The devastation in southern Asian areas hit by tidal waves this weekend had far less of an economic impact than it might have, given the extreme poverty of many of the regions.
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It now seems clear that nearly 27,000 people have died in the tsunami waves that hit coastlines in South and South East Asia on Sunday morning.
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University of Maryland researchers have proposed the creation of an online 911 system that people could use to report information during a disaster or to work together to save lives.
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Text messages could soon be at the heart of a system to help people cope in the aftermath of disasters.