PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1

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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
Objectives

1. Overview of the PDC Automated Tsunami Alert
   System Components
2. Discuss Deployment Issues/Considerations for
   regions outside of Hawaii

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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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Tsunami Travel Time for Indian Ocean Tsunami, 26
Dec 2004
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Overview 1
System Overview
Pacific Disaster Center
PDC Private Website Emergency Management
Operations System (EMOPS)
Output
Input
Automated Tsunami Alert System
Output
MobileTelecommunications Switching Office
Automated Notification Pager, Cell Phones
Email
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Overview (inputs)
Input to Automated Tsunami Alert System
PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System
Tsunami Bulletin
Earthquake
Dedicated Communications Line
Pacific Ocean Earthquake Mgt7.5
1. Pager Notifications 2. Automated travel map 3.
Post to EM web site
1. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center 2. Alaska
Tsunami Warning Center
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Automated Processes Reaching Emergency Officials
Automated Process
Emergency Officials
PDC
Text Messaging to Pagers and Cell Phones
Automated Paging
Automated Email
PDC Subscribers Receive Tsunami Bulletin
20 Latest Messages
Posted to PDC Website
Extracts Data From Tsunami Bulletin
Tsunami Travel Time Model
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
PDC Tsunami Alert Model
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Bulletin (input)
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
Tsunami Travel Time
Tsunami Travel Time Map
Earthquake Epicenter
Hawaiian Islands
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PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1
Deployment Issues Beyond Hawaii

• Technical Logistical Issues
• Data capture issues
• Seismic network, open ocean buoys, etc. (inputs)
• System deployment, operation and maintenance
  (processing)
• Broadcasting of warnings (warnings)
• 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

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Tsunami Evacuation Maps (Hawaii)
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PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1
Contact Information
Chris Chiesa, Sr. Manager, Data and Information
Resource cchiesa_at_pdc.org Stan Goosby, Chief
Scientist sgoosby_at_pdc.org Jim Buika, Sr.
Manager, Customer Applications Support and
Training jbuika_at_pdc.org Pacific Disaster
Center 590 Lipoa Parkway, Suite 259 Kihei, Hawaii
96753 USA 1-808-891-0525 1-808-891-0526
fax www.pdc.org