They need warning centers, computer modeling, people educated in evaluating information and infrastructure to allow the information to get to people on the beach.

We're developing a prototype system that will interface tsunami computer simulations with buoy observations and earthquake information to make a forecast at the beach. That will be a step forward.

The basic criteria is to get a warning out ... within 10 and 20 minutes.

What's envisioned for the Indian Ocean is a new tsunami warning system,

People here are livid that it would even be suggested we were a source of the information and livid if anyone here attempted to be the source of that information. It is the last thing we need at this moment.

To me, it says some times people don't have good information, ... All we know is that we have one season under our belt and it was premature to make any decision.