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PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1 The Pacific Disaster Center’s Automated Tsunami Alert System for Hawaii with Applications for other Tsunami-prone Pacific Islands and Nations Chris Chiesa / Stan Goosby / Jim Buika Pacific Disaster Center
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Tsunami Warnings are Critical to Saving Lives Alaska Earthquake Travel Time: 3-to-5 hours to Japan 5 hours to Hawaiian Islands 6-to-7 hours to US West Coast
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PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1
The Pacific Disaster Center’s
Automated Tsunami Alert System for Hawaii with Applications for other Tsunami-
prone Pacific Islands and Nations
Chris Chiesa / Stan Goosby / Jim BuikaPacific Disaster Center
PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 11. Overview of the PDC Automated Tsunami Alert
System Components
2. Discuss Deployment Issues/Considerations for regions outside of Hawaii
Objectives
Tsunami Warnings are Critical to Saving Lives
Alaska Earthquake Travel Time: 3-to-5 hours to Japan 5 hours to Hawaiian Islands6-to-7 hours to US West Coast
Tsunami Travel Time for Indian Ocean Tsunami, 26 Dec 2004
Overview 1
System Overview
Pacific Disaster Center
Automated Tsunami Alert System
Automated Notification – Pager, Cell Phones & Email
MobileTelecommunications
Switching Office
Input
Output
Output
PDC Private Website
Emergency Management
Operations System (EMOPS)
Overview (inputs)
Input to Automated Tsunami Alert System
Tsunami Bulletin
EarthquakePDC
Automated Tsunami Alert
System
Pacific Ocean Earthquake
M>7.5
1. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
2. Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
Dedicated Communications Line
1. Pager Notifications
2. Automated travel map
3. Post to EM web site
Automated ProcessesReaching Emergency Officials
Message
Processor
PDC Automated Process Emergency Officials
Posted to PDC Website
Automated Email
20 Latest Messages
Tsunami Travel Time Model
Extracts Data From Tsunami
Bulletin
Text Messaging to Pagers and Cell Phones
PDC Subscribers Receive Tsunami
Bulletin
Automated Paging
Posted to PDC Website
EMOPS: 20 Latest Messages
Messages Automatically Posted to PDC
Private Website: Emergency
Management Operations
System (EMOPS)
System Output to PDC EMOPS Web Page
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Bulletin (input)
PDC Tsunami Alert Model
Time of Arrival – Displayed by Time (output)
Time of Arrival – Displayed by
Name (output)
Tsunami Bulletin (input to system)
Pacific Tsunami Warning
Center Bulletin
Tsunami Arrival Time by Time
Time of Arrival – Displayed by Time
Tsunami Arrival Time by Name
Time of Arrival – Displayed by Name
Tsunami Travel Time, 1
Hawaiian Islands
Earthquake Epicenter
Tsunami Travel Time
Tsunami Travel Time Map
PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 11. Technical & Logistical Issues
• Data capture issues• Seismic network, open ocean buoys, etc. (inputs)
• System deployment, operation and maintenance (processing)• Broadcasting of warnings (warnings)
2. Institutional Issues• Develop capacity to interpret and respond to warnings
• Regional, national, local levels• Exercises
• Develop mechanisms to widely disseminate/broadcast warnings to public
• Establish tsunami evacuation zones, routes, etc.• Public awareness program
Deployment Issues Beyond Hawaii
Tsunami Evacuation Maps (Hawaii)
PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1Chris Chiesa, Sr. Manager, Data and Information
Resource; [email protected] Goosby, Chief Scientist; [email protected] Buika, Sr. Manager, Customer Applications
Support and Training; [email protected]
Pacific Disaster Center590 Lipoa Parkway, Suite 259
Kihei, Hawaii 96753 USA1-808-891-0525
1-808-891-0526 faxwww.pdc.org
Contact Information
