Tucker was working with a colleague to design a refuge that could save thousands of lives if – or rather, when – a tsunami like the one in 1797 that came out of the Indian Ocean, some 600 miles southeast of where the 2004 Asian tsunami originated, strikes again. Tucker is the founder and president of GeoHazards International, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to reduce death and suffering due to earthquakes in the world’s most vulnerable communities.
普林斯顿——当地震和海啸三月袭击日本时，布莱恩·塔克正待在印尼的巴东。塔克正与同事合作设计一个避难所，如果，或者说一旦印度洋再次发生像1797年那样的海啸，这座避难所有可能挽救数以千计的生命。1797年海啸的源头位于2004年亚洲海啸源头东南方约600英里处。塔克是地质灾害国际的创始人兼领导者，地质灾害国际是一家非营利性机构，其目标是减轻世界最弱势群体在地震中遭受的伤亡和痛苦。