Friday, July 20, 2007

Earth tremors and quakes - Kenya's lack of preparedness


Over the last week or so, Kenyans (many for the first time) have been experiencing earth tremors (ten at the last count).
The uncanny slight movements of the earth, causing cars and buildings to shudder and sway, have caused some measure of concern to Kenyans and to its Government.

Just the other day, the Government spokesman propped up some geologists from the University of Nairobi to issue soothing statements about the tremors.

And there was nothing soothing about it. Turns out our earthquake detection equipment has been out of order for some time...Kenya now appears to rely on the United States for data on what is happening in Kenya....how complacent can we get.

As the tremors continued over days, entire high rise buildings began to be evacuated in the city of Nairobi.

Can the Government consider purchasing the relevant equipment asap. After all, Kenya lies on the Rift Valley, which theoretically is prone to earth movements.

Back to the University of Nairobi geology experts...they were heard saying on national TV that there exists no capacity in the world for early detection of earthquakes.

Strange...a simple google search revealed the existence of the SOS-LIFE earth quake early warning device, alarms you 30-60 seconds before an earthquake occurs, depending on the seismic epicentre, hipocenter depth and the distance at which you are situated from the seismic epicentre, earth composition etc.

Make your own conclusion!

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you really read back what you blog? Will 30-60 seconds get you from the 8th floor in a 'calm and orderly' manner? It's more likely to only heighten the chaos and confusion. Great use this device, am off to order one!

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