Safe warning system made in Germany

     With the worldwide unique Tsunami Alarm System for mobile phones travellers can be warned of tsunamis in sufficient time. Via their mobile phone users receive a message of a potential threat to their lives wherever they stay. The mobile phone only has to be registered at the Tsunami Alarm System and will then sound a significant warning signal.

     The principle of the warning system is simple, but in an emergency it might save countless lives: Seismic sensors measure earthquakes all over the world while pressure and speed sensors in the oceans assess fast changes in water quantities in the sea. Once noticeable changes are identified, early warning information checks swing into operation. Potential earth- and seaquakes are verified, the area concerned is identified and a forecast is computed by the computer system of the German Tsunami Alarm System. By sending out a warning message to the mobile phones of its registered users the system warns them of an oncoming natural disaster.

     Tourists, business travellers, coastal inhabitants or employees of companies, working in endangered regions, can subscribe online to the Tsunami Alarm System by entering their mobile phone number. Thus, the notification will be activated without anything being installed or downloaded (www.tsunami-alarm-system.com). Despite the sophisticated technology which forms the basis of the warning system it is easy to use by the subscriber and can be used anywhere in the world covered by the GSM network. Even in the poorest developing countries and in remote areas, the GSM network is usually just as well developed as in highly developed countries. The alarm cannot be missed. Furthermore, the SMS-service also solves the problem of the so-called “last mile”: the matter of how a warning message from an accepting station far away can reach the population concerned within only a few minutes.