Early warning system needs attention to detail | The Nation | The Australian

re: "AUSTRALIA'S tsunami early warning system is not yet able to provide details about the height or speed of waves expected, and will be reviewed after yesterday's earthquake and tsunami in Solomon Islands. /Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Tourism and Resources Bob Baldwin said the four-year rollout of the early warning system was on schedule but it would not be fully operational until 2009. / ...[snip...] ... /"What we'll have is more accurate information - wave heights, speed of waves - to allow better planning and modelling to occur." /The $68.9 million scheme was announced in 2005 following the huge tsunami in the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day 2004. /Mr Baldwin said he was happy a warning about a potential tsunami hitting Australia had been issued within 40 minutes of the earthquake occurring..."...