Strong quake hits off southern Indonesia

Indonesia is also a country with many, many earthquakes and guess who also wants to have NUCLEAR REACTORS like the mess up in Fukushima?? Yes, the proud government of Indonesia. If they try to build nuclear reactors there, I would run for the hills and also boycott them.

elbudomexicano:

" Indonesia is also a country with many, many earthquakes and guess who also wants to have NUCLEAR REACTORS like the mess up in Fukushima?? "

All sorts of countries with less-than-stellar technical expertise and with earthquakes are building nukes. Including Iran, about which our progressive friends keep telling us we should not worry.

Fukushima should be the least of your worries.

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

Germany have turned over its tsunami warning systems to Indonesians last week. That should aid the Indonesians to become better prepared in mitigating the ugly effects of natural disasters.

Govts in ASEAN need to review their preparedness and disaster-response measures. I think that's an apt idea, and in fact some countries, like Indonesia, Taiwan and the Philippines are now pursuing reforms re. preventative measures because of Japan quake. Better cooperation is also needed amongst ASEAN nations during times of natural disasters.

One report I read points to unpreparedness of some Asian capitals when it comes to major disasters, and with urbanization across the region and dense population in these cities that would potentially spell problems to many of our govts.

On a better note, I commend the Philippine military and the country's Red Cross for evacuating 200,000 people during the regional-wide tsunami warning last month. People in the region need to be prepared, and their govs need to lead. And I think the Philippines did an incredible job.