Indian Ocean nations worried about thieves stealing tsunami warning buoys
Nail those suckers
down!
Australia has asked Indonesia’s navy to help stop
thieves from stealing buoys which will be part of an Indian Ocean
tsunami warning
system.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology spokesman Geoff Love told a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday that Canberra plans to place two tsunami-warning buoys later this year in international waters between Australia and Indonesia.
“We are negotiating an agreement with the Indonesian government to make sure that they don’t become the victims of pirates and scrap metal collectors,” Love told the hearing…
“We’ve found automatic weather stations for sale in Hong Kong and don’t want that to happen again,” he said.
Better keep an eye on eBay.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology spokesman Geoff Love told a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday that Canberra plans to place two tsunami-warning buoys later this year in international waters between Australia and Indonesia.
“We are negotiating an agreement with the Indonesian government to make sure that they don’t become the victims of pirates and scrap metal collectors,” Love told the hearing…
“We’ve found automatic weather stations for sale in Hong Kong and don’t want that to happen again,” he said.
Better keep an eye on eBay.
Posted: Wed - February 20, 2008 at 09:52 AM