Wednesday 6 February 2013. Once again! We are presented with the Tsunami threat through the media; eventually, four hours after the quake, via TV3 News. If this had been a real threat it would have been far too late. This is utter scaremongering, and my real concern is that after ‘Crying Wolf' so many times, most people will probably take little notice when receiving advice of what may be an actual emergency threat. Also, the procrastination of our City Council relating to the choice of type of warning sirens to alert the public to a tsunami threat amounts to another non-reaction to what we have been told on many occasions is a real threat to our safety. The whole situation regarding tsunami alerts beggars belief.

Barry H Walker, Mt Maunganui.