Gulf States Accomplishments FY08 Grant $43, (Total Funding Received) –USGS completed a regional assessment of Tsunami Potential in the Gulf of Mexico –Distribution of report to the States of Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama Issues –None
Gulf States Accomplishments FY09 Grant $70, –Construction of tsunami landslide sources in three locations along the Gulf of Mexico. Issue –Delay in hiring of PhD student to accomplish the assign tasks.
Gulf of Mexico FY 10 Funding Plan/Proposal Task (Activity) NameNTHMP Performance Metric Supported Amount of Requested Funds Construction of tsunami inundation maps in the Gulf of Mexico (continuation) The outcome of this project will be added to the list of tsunami evacuation maps contributing to the goal of annually increasing the number of tsunami evacuation maps by 10%. It is expected two or three additional tsunami inundation maps will be constructed during August 2010 – July $ 115,000.00