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Lessons Learned from Crescent City Tsunami Mitigation and the Role of Education

Lessons Learned from Crescent City Tsunami Mitigation and the Role of Education. • Lessons from the 2006 tsunami • Progress & challenges with earthquake & tsunami mitigation • 2006 Tsunami Warning and Education Act • The need to integrate earthquake and tsunami mitigation programs.

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Lessons Learned from Crescent City Tsunami Mitigation and the Role of Education

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  1. Lessons Learned from Crescent City Tsunami Mitigation and the Role of Education • Lessons from the 2006 tsunami • Progress & challenges with earthquake & tsunami mitigation • 2006 Tsunami Warning and Education Act • The need to integrate earthquake and tsunami mitigation programs Crescent City, California November 16, 2006 Lori Dengler, Humboldt State University Congressional Hazards Caucus, October 11, 2007

  2. November 15, 2006 M8.3 Kuril Islands

  3. Progress and Problems with the tsunami warning system • Major improvements in the Tsunami Detection and Warning Dissemination Ability

  4. Shemya AK Earthquake Bulletins 1-6 • Need to understand the first surge isn’t the biggest

  5. Puumaile, Hawaii 1946 Laie Point, Hawaii 1957 Hilo, Hawaii 1946 • Need to educate about the range of what a tsunami is Puumaile, Hawaii 1946 Hilo, Hawaii 1946

  6. • Need to educate about the duration of the tsunami hazard

  7. • Need to develop mitigation tools for small boat basins

  8. What is so special about Crescent City? • Need to understand causes of amplification • Need more water level (tide gauge) recorders • Need to develop instruments to measure tsunami currents

  9. The Tsunami Warning and Education Act of 2006

  10. The Tsunami Warning and Education Act of 2006 • “The expansion of the NTHMP from the five Pacific states to 29 coastal states, commonwealths, and territories and the passage of the Tsunami Warning and Education Act offers a unique opportunity to strengthen the organizational structure of the program and enhance tsunami resilience in the United States.” • Need to develop an organizational structure that preserves the strengths of the original 5 state program, and develop benchmarks for measuring progress

  11. PTWC WCATWC • Need to coordinate products and procedures

  12. • Need to strengthen requirements for certification and recertification • Incorporate earthquakes ??

  13. • Need to EXERCISE!!

  14. Northern California Survey Results • Need to define desired outcomes and measure progress

  15. • Need to foster a sense of responsibility for individual and community preparedness

  16. Charles Ramsden Tilly Smith Two Stories From Thailand

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