1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Tsunami Travel Time for Indian Ocean Tsunami, 26 Dec 2004

5. Overview 1 System Overview Pacific Disaster Center Automated Tsunami Alert System Automated Notification – Pager, Cell Phones & Email Mobile Telecommunications Switching Office Input Output PDC Private Website Emergency Management Operations System (EMOPS)

6. Overview (inputs) Input to Automated Tsunami Alert System Tsunami Bulletin Earthquake PDC 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

7. Automated Processes Reaching Emergency Officials Message Processor PDC Automated ProcessEmergency 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

8. EMOPS: 20 Latest Messages Messages Automatically Posted to PDC Private Website: Emergency Management Operations System (EMOPS)

9. 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)

10. Tsunami Bulletin (input to system) Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Bulletin

11. Tsunami Arrival Time by Time Time of Arrival – Displayed by Time

12. Tsunami Arrival Time by Name Time of Arrival – Displayed by Name

13. Tsunami Travel Time, 1 Hawaiian Islands Earthquake Epicenter Tsunami Travel Time Tsunami Travel Time Map

14. 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

15. Tsunami Evacuation Maps (Hawaii)

16. PDC Automated Tsunami Alert System, 1 Chris Chiesa, Sr. Manager, Data and Information Resource; cchiesa@pdc.org Stan Goosby, Chief Scientist; sgoosby@pdc.org Jim Buika, Sr. Manager, Customer Applications Support and Training; jbuika@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 Contact Information