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NTHMP Tsunami Awareness Week

March 21-27, 2010

 

NOAA

NOAA Tsunami Web Site
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
Tsunami Awareness Brochure

pacific

Pacific tsunami exercise manual

TsunamiReady

TsunamiReady: For information on how your community can be better prepared for a tsunami by becoming TsunamiReady.

atlantic 

Atlantic tsunami exercise manual

State by State events and information:

Alaska

Governor proclamation of Tsunami Awareness Week
University of Alaska Geophysical Institute
: With links to a tsunami poster, and inundation maps
Alaska Tsunami Education Program
Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

March 24, 2010: Alaska Tsunami Warning System "live code" test
Information for Alaska emergency mangers, schools, etc about the March 24 test.
March 27, 2010: The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Open House

California

Governor proclamation of Tsunami Awareness Week
California Tsunami Education Web site
Education Worksheets
Tsunami Education Poster

In addition, California Emergency Management Agency will be conducting Live Code tsunami tests in three northern counties.

Hawaii

Governor proclamation of Tsunami Awareness Month
Hawaii State Civil Defense web site: With links to the state's tsunami evacuation zone mapping tool
Pacific Tsunami Museum

Tsunami Awareness Month (April) Calendar of Events

Florida

Brevard County: Emergency Management will hold a tsunami meeting with local partners on March 24 to keep awareness high and to review preparedness plans which includes a Test Tsunami Drill Exercise using ViaRadio network.

Volusia County: Emergency Management will hold a tsunami meeting with local partners on March 24 to the tsunami threat and awareness.

Martin County: Martin County Emergency Management will conduct a Table Top Exercise (TTX) on March 24 utilizing the LANTEX 10 handbook.

Washington
Washington State Tsunami Preparedness
Washington Emergency Management Division: With links to tsunami response guidebooks, hazard guides, and tsunami evacuation maps

Oregon
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries: Includes links to tsunami evacuation maps and information
PuertoRico
Puerto Rico Tsunami Exercise, March 24, 2010

Tsunami Awareness for Kids

 




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