Just minutes after the earthquake in the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning, Thailand's foremost meteorological experts were sitting together in a crisis meeting. But they decided not to warn about the tsunami ''out of courtesy to the tourist industry,'' writes the Thailand daily newspaper The Nation.
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''We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season was in full swing,'' the source said. ''The hotels were 100 percent booked. What if we issued a warning, which would have led to an evacuation, and nothing had happened. What would be the outcome? The tourist industry would be immediately hurt. Our department would not be able to endure a lawsuit.''
Well, they shoulda shut up, because the lawsuits will be coming now, for sure.
And when they do, I think the meterologists should enjoin or countersue the Pacific Warning Center.
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