From: MarkLFischer at aol.com
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:42:34 EST
Subject: [WSFA] Indian Ocean Tsunami
To: WSFAlist at WSFA.org
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

If my recollection is accurate, Sir Arthur Clarke lives in the area of Sri
Lanka affected by the recent tsunami.  If anyone has any information on his
situation, I'd appreciate hearing it.

Mark

PS: A slightly ironic item, copied from the Clarke Foundation  website:

PROJECT WARN in Partnership with the Japan US Science Technology and Space
Applications Program (JUSTSAP)

The purpose of Project Warn is combine enhanced communications and IT
systems to provide warning of impending natural or man-made disasters and to
provide on-going communications and remote sensing and GIS support during  disaster
relief operations. The Clarke Foundation is working with the Pacific  Disaster
Center, the Asian Disaster Mitigation Organization, the United Nations,  and
the US and Japanese Governments as coordinated through the JUSTSAP
organization to carry out a suitable test and demonstration in this area. In  particular
a simulation and test is being planned in the Pacific Region in 2005  to
determine to how to use the latest information and sensing technology more
effectively in the advent of that a major Tsunami might impact an Asian country  or
island. Clarke Foundation personnel are providing technical advice and
support on a volunteer basis to this project.