{"id":289,"date":"2012-03-23T22:01:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T06:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=289"},"modified":"2012-03-23T22:01:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T06:01:29","slug":"tsunami-preparedness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthjay.com\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Tsunami Preparedness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
From Lori: Tsunami Preparedness week starts on Sunday and the live Code Tsunami Communications Test is Wednesday.\u00a0 There hasn’t been much media interest in the test so far – we are hoping that radio and KIEM pick up on the story Monday and Tuesday.\u00a0 As RCTWG members, you can help spread the word through your own formal and informal networks.\u00a0 There are more sirens being triggered this year, so more opportunities for people to become upset.We are also about to go live with the new tsunami maps for Humboldt County.\u00a0 They are posted at
\nhttp:\/\/www.humboldt.edu\/rctwg\/images\/uploads\/TsunamiBrochures_HumboldtCounty_March2012_reduced.pdf<\/a>
\nDan Larkin will be announcing their availability in the next few days.\u00a0 Here is a draft of the announcement:
\nFourteen new tsunami zone maps are now available for Humboldt County.\u00a0 These maps, prepared by members of the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group working with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office – Office of Emergency Services, show areas that may be at tsunami risk in Humboldt County.\u00a0 These maps are based on the biggest event and worst possible case tsunami likely to hit our area, a tsunami caused by a magnitude 9 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone.
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\nIn most of the County, the boundaries between the white safe areas and yellow tsunami zones shown on the maps are marked by Entering<\/em> and Leaving Tsunami Zone<\/em> signs.\u00a0 We urge people living, working or playing in a tsunami zone to identify the location of those signs and develop a plan on how best to get to a safe area.\u00a0\u00a0 If a great earthquake occurs nearby, the first tsunami surges could arrive in as little as ten minutes and there will be no time for sirens to sound or other warning messages to be disseminated.\u00a0 Earthquake shaking that lasts twenty seconds or longer is your warning.\u00a0 Protect yourself during the shaking by DROP, COVER, and HOLD ON: drop down to the ground, take cover under a sturdy table or desk if one is nearby, and hold on to it.\u00a0 If you are in the yellow area, evacuate by foot as soon as it is safe for you move.\u00a0 If you are in the white area, you are safer staying where you are and sheltering in place.\u00a0 Use the map to plan a safe evacuation route.\u00a0\u00a0 Practice evacuating so that you and your family know what to do during a real tsunami.\u00a0 Remember \u2014 go on foot.\u00a0\u00a0 Roads may be impassable.
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\nThe maps were developed by using information from the Relative Tsunami Hazard Maps produced by Humboldt State University and tsunami inundation mapping by the California Geological Survey and the California Emergency Management Agency.\u00a0\u00a0 They incorporate the best currently available information and may be changed or updated as additional scientific information becomes available<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 The maps are intended to support tsunami evacuation planning and should not be used for any other purposes.\u00a0 They do not represent how far an actual tsunami may penetrate inland \u2013 but show safe areas and areas that may be at risk delineated by easy-to-recognize geographic markers such as streets and roads.\u00a0\u00a0 They include no information about the probability of a tsunami hitting our area and do not reflect how an actual tsunami may impact the region.
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\nA new set of tsunami brochures that will include the 14 new maps will soon be available.\u00a0 The maps can be viewed and downloaded at http:\/\/www.humboldt.edu\/rctwg\/images\/uploads\/TsunamiBrochures_HumboldtCounty_March2012_reduced.pdf<\/a>
\nMore information on how to prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis is available in the magazine Living on Shaky Ground: How to Survive Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Northern California.<\/em>\u00a0 Copies are available online at www.humboldt.edu\/shakyground<\/a> or from the Humboldt State University Geology Department, (707) 826-3931.
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\nIf you have comments about this text, email me directly (lori.dengler@humboldt.edu<\/a>) please don’t reply to the whole group.
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\nReminder: Tuesday morning March 27, a table top exercise for people who might participate in a post-tsunami field investigation will be held in the NWS Conference Room, Woodley Island, starting at 9:30 AM.\u00a0 If you wish to attend, please contact Jay Patton (jpatton@coas.oregonstate.edu<\/a>).
\nLori
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\nLori Dengler
\nGeology Department
\nHumboldt State University
\n#1 Harpst St
\nArcata, CA 95521
\nVoice: 707-8263115
\nFax: 707-8265241
\nlori.dengler@humboldt.edu<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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