During the 1950s, as a result of war and conquering, the status of most countries in Eastern Europe is that they became satellite countries of the Soviet Union at that time. Most countries that neighbor the Soviet Union were heavily influenced by it in terms of politics, military and economy.
Components of GDP
The four components of gross domestic product are personal consumption, business investment, government spending, and net exports. 1 That tells you what a country is good at producing. GDP is the country's total economic output for each year. It's equivalent to what is being spent in that economy
Since they realize there is a tsunami there have an emergency plan, emergency equipment and might have escaped.
The storage of food and water first and foremost, as both spoiled on ships of the period. Secondly, one would worry about getting lost. No GPS and no actual way to tell where you are if a wind or storm blew you slightly off course. Imagine how impossible it would be for a ship to travel in a perfectly straight line whilst traveling the entire span of the Atlantic, Pacific, or even smaller bodies of water such as the Mediterranean.