‘The fault that ruptured to generate the Indian Ocean tsunami was absolutely known about; it was due to go. An American geophysicist who worked there spent his own money warning people in villages, warning the government, warning everybody. Nobody listened. And then it went just as predicted. And there were lots of places around the planet where we know the relative, the average return periods of earthquakes or volcanic eruptions and where we know that they’re due or overdue. But that doesn’t mean anybody’s going to pay any attention.’ Aaron Bastani speaking to Professor Bill McGuire about the absence of any global plan to prevent damage incurred from natural disasters.

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