#hualian

adolar@diaspora.psyco.fr

There had been an #earthquake in #Taiwan last week, near #Hualian at the East coast. Meanwhile more and more videos of it surface and I'm posting this one to show how the warning system in Taiwan works.

Germany for example is trying all kinds of complicated and error-prone methods to warn its citizens, when cell broadcast and sirens are so simple. The second vehicle in the video seems to be traveling on the road connecting Taichung and Hualian, near the Taroko gorge. The sound you hear multiple times is the earthquake warning by cell broadcast.

I had wondered why (at the West coast) there had been no earthquake warning, but they had probably limited it to the East coast. As you can see, the warning was early enough to give them a few seconds to get to cover. I only hope the person on that scooter found cover too.

I don't know where the warning came from that you hear in the video of the third vehicle. Radio broadcast? I don't listen to radio... But it worked too. Btw, unlike in Hollywood movies you won't really see vehicles crashing into another. I assume we have extremely boring directors who will never win an Oscar...
https://youtu.be/cwrxr2P0Beg