DESPITE being labeled a provocateur that caused worries to the public, Patra Rina Dewi steadfastly went on with her plan to visit every house in the area of Mount Pangilun, Padang, West Sumatra. Early last May, this 32-year-old woman enthusiastically warned residents living on the periphery of the western coast of Sumatra about the possibility of another attack by an earthquake and a tsunami killer wave.

Of course, the residents, who had just