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Chicago Exhibit on Tsunami

Chicago's small The Notebaert Nature Museum is running an interesting exhibit on last year's Tsunami, with photogrphs and maps meant to convey the extent of the damage and devastation wrought by the horrible natural disaster that left at least 216,000 people dead or missing in 12 Indian Ocean nations.

It's not a massive exhbit, you have to salute them for the effort. it contains photos and several exhibits that examine the scientific underpinnings of this particular tsunami as well as others that have occurred in history. There is also a detailed map showing the locations of the few tsunami warning systems that currently exist, mostly off the coast of the northwestern United States. They have, of course, with some of the money donated over the last year, now built one for the Indian Ocean, which might have saved thousands of lives if it had been bult prior to the earthquake. Worth checking out if you live in or are planning a visit to Chi-Town.

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