Jan Egeland Tsunami Quotations

Had there been better prevention, better early warning, better schools, earthquake-safe buildings - tens of thousands of lives would have been saved both in the Indian Ocean tsunami and in the South Asian earthquake,

I think it would be a massive undertaking to actually have a full-fledged tsunami warning system that would really be effective in many of these places,

We have not heard of any tsunami hitting anywhere.

The world's response to the tsunami was the best ever. Governments, the private sector, and individuals around the world opened their hearts and their wallets. Private donations for the tsunami eclipsed anything seen before.

The world's response to the tsunami was the best ever.

This is not enough. We have never had this kind of logistical nightmare ever. We thought the tsunami was the worst we could get. This is worse.

The coast is low, it takes the full blast of the tsunami which was at its highest at that point, and now the villages are gone,