As you can see from the title - I really had a good time reading it. Did the Thais not issue a tsunami warning in Puhket and other areas to "Save Face? Thailand's death toll currently stands at 4,, with just over half of the dead being foreign tourists, but Mr.
Thaksin warned it could reach 8, Specialist DNA forensic teams from at least 12 states have now arrived in Thailand to help identify the dead. But they are warning it could be a long and distressing process. Thaksin said in his weekly radio address on Saturday.
Thaksin's remarks follow allegations made by an unnamed member of the Thai meteorological department this week that a tsunami alert was not issued for fear of hurting the country's important tourism industry in case it turned out to be a false alarm.
None of the countries affected by the tsunami issued a warning. Thaksin said he had appointed a quake and tsunami expert, Samith Dhammasaroj, to establish an early warning system for all natural disasters. The BBC's Dominic Hughes, on the Thai island of Phuket, says that in some places the devastation has been complete - remote coastal fishing villages have been entirely wiped out.
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