TSUNAMI AFTERMATH: Thailand: Early Warning System

TSUNAMI AFTERMATH: Thailand: Early Warning System; THAILAND: Phuket: EXT LMS Rescue workers attaching chain of elephant to debris PAN to elephant backing up TCMS Chain tied to strong rope BV Elephant pulling chain Phuket: i/c LMS Smith Dharmasaroja, former Chief Meteorologist, towards and PAN to BV as poses for press MS Dharmasaroja talking to press (2 shots) Smith Dharmasaroja (former Chief Meteorologist) interview SOT - if they'd only listened...many lives would be saved today/ I told people concerned we should have warning, educate people, educate fishermen what to do in this kind of disaster/ need to educate fishermen and people who live around the shore CUTAWAY Dharmasaroja and Williams INT CMS Seismic graph PAN EXT Smith Dharmasaroja (former Chief Meteorologist) interview SOT - nobody (at Thai met office) dared to speak out and make up their minds because I set bad example for them INT CMS Williams with met office workers PAN CMS Seismic observing machine CS Needle moving on graph paper Wiwat Intarapanich (Chief of Southern Meteorological Centre) interview (translated) SOT - it didn't take long/ everybody was on their mobile phone once we knew MS SIDE Met worker looking at computer CMS Computer screen showing weather map of area Wiwat Intarapanich (Chief of Southern Meteorological Centre) interview (translated) SOT - its not up to us we just give information to Bangkok/ up to them to decide how they act on it BVs Wiwat and colleague looking at maps of area (2 shots) Wiwat Intarapanich (Chief of Southern Meteorological Centre) interview (translated) SOT - (shakes head as makes no comment) EXT GVs Wrecked buildings (2 shots) GV Wrecked buildings and boats at shoreline LA Wrecked building amongst standing palm trees PAN to wrecked boat Smith Dharmasaroja (former Chief Meteorologist) interview SOT - now I'm happy to die with my eye closed because I've said right thing/ I have to take this job on from PM to pay back to people who lost their lives ...