The buoys have to be maintained. They do not take care of themselves. As for the ones stolen or otherwise, there needs to be follow up to stop the theft.
Stealing those buoys is a serious crime. It is disregarding human life and the potential of the government to protect the citizens. Indonesia of all countries need these protections and the crime in removing them in any way or allowing them to deteriorate or sabotage of them kills people.
The buoys use a relatively simple mechanism to set off the alarms. What the heck do people want in stealing them? They have to be a distance at sea in order to provide a warning siren.
1 October 2018
Stealing those buoys is a serious crime. It is disregarding human life and the potential of the government to protect the citizens. Indonesia of all countries need these protections and the crime in removing them in any way or allowing them to deteriorate or sabotage of them kills people.
The buoys use a relatively simple mechanism to set off the alarms. What the heck do people want in stealing them? They have to be a distance at sea in order to provide a warning siren.
By Amilia Rosa, Karuni Rompies, Jewel Topsfield and James Massola
Palu: Indonesia has said it will accept international aid to cope with the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi on Friday as officials warn that hundreds of people could still be buried under rubble....
...Twenty-five to 35 buoys designed to warn about a tsunami approaching Palu had been out of order since 2012, Sutopo said.
"Some people stole them. Some did vandalism on the units as they didn't know what they were."...
...The official death toll has now risen to 844 according to National Disaster Management Board spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho....
...Twenty-five to 35 buoys designed to warn about a tsunami approaching Palu had been out of order since 2012, Sutopo said.
"Some people stole them. Some did vandalism on the units as they didn't know what they were."...
...The official death toll has now risen to 844 according to National Disaster Management Board spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho....
...The tsunami that hit Palu, (click here) Donggala and Mamuju in Central Sulawesi on Friday evening was triggered by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
Tsunami survivor Rosina Mursidin yelled for her children to get out of the house after the earthquake.
"That's when we all saw it, it wasn't your regular wave, it was the colour of cigarette ash," she said. "So me and my family and a few neighbours, about 20 people, climbed the mango tree in the yard. Just as the water hit us, the tree fell, it pinned my mother, but we hung onto it."
Rosina said she gripped the twig from which her two-year-old nephew was hanging and prayed: "Please God save him, he is innocent".
"All the while I prayed, I was totally submerged, I drank a lot of water, barely able to breathe, but I kept my grip up. I don't know for how long, but when the water slowed and lowered down I took a deep breath and check my family.
They survived but others have not been so lucky.
Callouts for missing people are being posted on Twitter.
Puji Lestari posted she was looking for her 20-year-old sister, Denny Ayu Lestari, whom she had been unable to contact for a day.
