snoop1130 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Patong tsunami-evacuation drill hailed a success, spurs an excited false start By The Phuket News The tsunami-evacuation drill conducted in Patong today (June 25) was hailed a success. Photo: Patong Municipality Fire Dept PHUKET:-- The tsunami-evacuation sirens sounded the alarm at Patong Beach at 1:30pm today (June 25), marking the start of the mass evacuation drill which was joined by more than 600 people this afternoon. The evacuation drill was hailed a success by organising officials, who orchestrated a slew of government departments, emergency-response agencies and medical staff in providing the disaster-emergency that would be required in the event that a genuine tsunami would strike our shores again. Enthusiasm in taking part led several participants into making a false start, running from the beach before the alarms sounded, explained Patong Deputy Mayor Boonma Aeapsap, responsible for the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation at Patong Municipality (DDOM-Patong). Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/patong-tsunami-evacuation-drill-hailed-a-success-spurs-an-excited-false-start-71911.php#eCwZoCd8Gf9fHARc.97 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-06-25 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 I posed a question to Thai students what they would do in response to a Tsunami in the event of it happening again. They all said call the emergency service who would pick-up the casualties and drive them to hospital. I asked what would they do if the roads had been wiped out with debris, no vehicles were around, the local hospital was destroyed by the Tsunami. I got a lot of blank stares ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 7 hours ago, hotchilli said: I posed a question to Thai students what they would do in response to a Tsunami in the event of it happening again. They all said call the emergency service who would pick-up the casualties and drive them to hospital. I asked what would they do if the roads had been wiped out with debris, no vehicles were around, the local hospital was destroyed by the Tsunami. I got a lot of blank stares ! Surprised they didn't enquire " would Facebook still work"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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