7 Quotes by Patricio Bernal

We have long experience in dealing with sensitive material.

Current systems are useless as they record data once every month or two months. You need to record the data every 30 seconds.

During tsunamis the first casualty is power. So solar panels need to be used to broadcast data to a satellite. All the nations are changing their systems to record on real time.

The system is based on international cooperation so we expect a full and open exchange of data and information among all the nations that participate.

On December 26, we didn't have any network that would allow us the confirmation of the presence of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean.

There is no use to have a very fine warning system if you don't have plans to prepare and evacuate populations and to communicate to them, alert the authorities and co-ordinate logistics to move people.

The latter implies emergency preparedness planning, legal and administrative frameworks, awareness campaigns and education, and the development of the operational capabilities to act in an emergency.