On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Ben Wisner wrote:
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> Of all these questions, the one that I think emerges with most clarity
> concerns risk communication. Given that Nyiragongo volcano was very well
> known before the current eruption, why was there no system in place for
> communicating clearly, in a credible way, with the 500,000 people that
> lived so near to it?
>
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Re this comment: there have been some press reports that a well qualified
Congolese vulcanologist has been on the spot for years monitoring
Nyiragongo, that he did start warning the authorities days before the
start of the eruption, but was completely ignored.
The authorities were reported to be relying - even now - on advice from
from "proper" (= foreign!) experts thousands of miles away in Europe.
Is there any truth in this, or has the press made it up?
Patrick Boylan
(City University, London)
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