Apparently, tsunamis aren't bad enough on their own

[grinninfoole]

Here's a wrinkle I hadn't foreseen: take one huge tsunami, mix it with 20 year war of independence (still ongoing), and top it off with a now random sprinkling of cheap anti-personnel mines. Makes one bloody mess, serves several hundred thousand.

Read more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4172313.stm

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[crouchback.livejournal.com]

The mine model they mention is an old Spanish one, probably made before most of the world started making them to detonate after a certain time. (That way, there's only so long a mined area would be dangerous.)

At least it's metal, making it easier to find.

We have a fairly large ,a href="http://www.wood.army.mil/hdtc/dodhma.html">program devoted to training people in demining, and from the sounds of it, the Sri Lankan government has taken that training.