Tsunami Preparedness & Tsunami Inundation Mapping for Alaska Coastal Communities Alaska Highlights for 2011 NTHMP - CC Meeting San Diego, CA February 8-9, 2012 Ervin Petty, Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management Roger Hansen, University of Alaska Fairbanks –Geophysical Institute
2011 Alaska Warnings March 10: Tohoku Event 5 Aleutian communities evacuated. June 2: Amukta Pass September 23: Amukta Pass
Unalaska Evacuation June 2011
Unalaska October 2011
2012 TR Target Communities Saint Paul Cold Bay Cordova Whittier
Sitka Tsunami Operations Workshop
Tsunami & Earthquake Science Preparedness Warning Reception/Dissemination Evac Planning exercise Recovery TsunamiReady requirements Sitka Tsunami Ops Workshop > 40 members attended > 20 Communities
School Visits
Drop…. Cover… Hold On!
Siren Installations Saint Paul Sitka Kake (2) Karluk Larsen Bay
Tsunami Sign Program Installed in 2011 Unalaska Spring 2012 Installation Cordova Cold Bay Whittier
NOAA Weather Radios 50 will be distributed to communities where NOAA Weather Radio reception is available.
Tsunami Interactive Kiosk Valdez, Alaska First visitor !
Installing interactive kiosk in Valdez museum annex
Tsunami Interactive Kiosk Kodiak, Alaska First visitors!
Tsunami Interactive Kiosk Kodiak, Alaska Install crew!
Outreach Materials
Roger Hansen, Elena Suleimani, Dmitry Nicolsky Alaska Earthquake Information Center Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks Erv Petty Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Rod Combellick Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
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