It's fascinating to observe Japan and their disaster preparedness measures - from sensors that detect earthquakes and tsunami miles away, breakwaters installed along their harbours to tsunami evacuation towers. Japan is definitely the gold standard in this category.
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This also prevents people from panicking or getting stuck in a gridlock when everybody is fleeing, like the scenes I have seen in Hawaii.
Seismic events like tsunami, earthquakes and volcanoes are a fact of life in countries living near the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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These towers are located strategically in coastal cities and towns - all are equipped with enough emergency supplies to last 24 hours until rescue has reached them or the waters receded.
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Noticed during the NHK Japan coverage of the July 29 tsunami that there was a singular tower where people gathered. Turns out that these towers are the so-called "tsunami evacuation towers" which have been adopted in greater numbers after the 2011 Tohuku earthquake / tsunami.
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