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Article: Hawaii Seismic Network Stuck Behind Schedule
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- February 12, 2009
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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued the following news release:
Despite claims by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration that a vital seismic network in the Hawaiian Islands has been completed, less than half of the promised system is operational, according to a document posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). As a result of the delays, local tsunami warnings are compromised.
In official briefings, NOAA officials tout the Hawaii seismic network upgrade as a top priority and a key element in improving its tsunami warning program and claim that all of the planned monitoring stations are operational. Yet a January 31, 2009 ...