When the Siren Sounds

TELEVISION viewers throughout Indonesia were stunned when the picture on the screen disappeared suddenly Wednesday evening last week. It was followed by the incessant sounds of blipping... “Sorry, the glitz is not caused by your television set.” Worse, an alert of a possible tsunami in Bengkulu ensued.

Fortunately no tsunami happened. That is part of the Tsunami Early Warning System following the massive natural disaster which devastated Ace

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