DISASTER in Asia has cast dark shadows on US government scientists.
No one is publicly blaming the US Geological Survey or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for letting anyone die. But some in Congress are echoing concerned scientists who wonder why a well-fashioned and well-tested seismic network, which detected the quake within minutes, failed to generate warnings that a deadly tsunami might follow a major quake in the Indian Ocean.
Geologists called or contacted thousands of people as soon as they knew it was truly a big quake, but who if anyone on that list was in Sri…
