Download from thainews.prd.go.thSpecial Report for Andaman News NBT (VHF dial) + maybe FM90.5 Radio Thailand at 8.30am & perhaps relays/repeats on local Cable TV channel 1, broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces, & possibly FM108 Mazz Radio 7.30pm in Phuket, Wednesday 9 July 2008 & thainews.prd.go.th Contact AndamanNews@yahoo.com After informing people in advance about the full scale Tsunami Warning and Evacuation drill in 79 locations in 6 Andaman coastal provinces where the warning towers are installed, the Thai government on Monday July 7th conducted the exercise. They covered the provinces of Phuket, Phang-Nga, Krabi, Ranong, Trang and Satun. In Phuket, participants involved included related officials, medical staff, communications, local governments, residents, and tourists, adults and children. It aimed at testing out the personnel, and equipment plus local residents' and tourists' awareness for handling future disasters in prevention of any loss of lives. The activity simulated an earthquake of 8.5 on the Richter scale and the National Disaster Warning Centre (NDWC) issued warnings via towers in all 79 locations. The towers are linked with the NDWC in NonthaBuri province, near Bangkok. Once the warning tower signaled the alarms for a pretend Tsunami at around 9.45am, the exercise began. At Saphan Hin in Phuket city, after the siren, people and students who were in fact training for sports events, started to evacuate inland along the designated routes ...
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