Most South and SE asians didn't even knew the word tsunami before 2004 December 26, including me. There was no proper alert system, awareness or knowledge of t

Most South and SE asians didn't even knew the word tsunami before 2004 December 26, including me. There was no proper alert system, awareness or knowledge of the impact at that time and most were caught surprised. Japan was much better prepared because they have been facing this so long. Blaming this as a behavioural/cultural thing is ridiculous. I would bet that all the South and SE asian countries are better prepared for the next tsunami. We have been already through multiple tsunami warnings from then which did the job pretty well.