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    PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1

    The Pacific Disaster Centers

    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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    PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1

    1. Overview of the PDC Automated Tsunami Alert

    System Components

    2. Discuss Deployment Issues/Considerations for regions

    outside of Hawaii

    Objectives

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    Tsunami Warningsare 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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    Tsunami Travel Time for Indian OceanTsunami, 26 Dec 2004

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    Overview

    1

    System Overview

    Pacific

    Disaster

    CenterAutomated Tsunami

    Alert System

    Automated Notification

    Pager, Cell Phones & Email

    Mobile

    Telecommunications

    Switching Office

    Input

    Output

    Output

    PDC Private

    Website

    Emergency

    Management

    Operations

    System (EMOPS)

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    Ov

    erv

    iew (inputs)

    Input to Automated Tsunami Alert System

    Tsunami

    BulletinEarthquake

    PDCAutomated

    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

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    Automated ProcessesReaching Emergency Officials

    MessageProcessor

    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 SubscribersReceive Tsunami

    Bulletin

    Automated Paging

    Posted to PDC Website

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    EMOPS: 20 Latest Messages

    Messages

    Automatically

    Posted to PDC

    Private Website:

    Emergency

    Management

    Operations

    System

    (EMOPS)

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    System Output to PDC EMOPS Web Page

    Pacific Tsunami

    Warning Center

    Bulletin (input)

    PDC TsunamiAlert Model

    Time of Arrival

    Displayed by

    Time (output)

    Time of Arrival

    Displayed by

    Name (output)

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    Tsunami Bulletin (input to system)

    Pacific Tsunami

    Warning

    Center Bulletin

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    Tsunami Arrival Time by Time

    Time of Arrival

    Displayed by Time

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    Tsunami Arrival Time by Name

    Time of Arrival

    Displayed by Name

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    Tsunami Travel Time, 1

    Hawaiian Islands

    Earthquake Epicenter

    Tsunami Travel Time

    Tsunami Travel

    Time Map

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    PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1

    1. 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

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    Tsunami Evacuation Maps (Hawaii)

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    PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1

    Chris Chiesa, Sr. Manager, Data and InformationResource; [email protected]

    Stan Goosby, Chief Scientist; [email protected]

    Jim Buika, Sr. Manager, Customer Applications

    Support and Training; [email protected]

    Pacific Disaster Center

    590 Lipoa Parkway, Suite 259

    Kihei, Hawaii 96753 USA1-808-891-0525

    1-808-891-0526 fax

    www.pdc.org

    Contact Information