Contents Volume 1, Number 5, May 1999

Association of State Floodplain Manager’s Floodplain Tsunami News Management Resource Center (FRC) wants to include Newsbriefs ...... 1 itigation and recovery plans for all natural hazards. FEMA New Program Participants ...... 6 supports this plan to provide a wealth of written materials to Books and Reports local and state disaster/mitigation managers. The New materials added to the Library ...... 3 documents will be placed in the FRC library, with a Book Review: Cartographies of Danger ...... 9 summary added to the searchable computer database. Features If you have mitigation plans that can be included Community mitigation successes: NOAA Weather ... 4 contact Radio Coverage for the Entire Coast, Clancy Philipsborn by Karin Frinell-Hanrahan The Mitigation Assistance Corporation Infrequently Asked Questions ...... 10 P.O. Box 19645 Boulder, CO 80308-2645 (303) 494-4242 Newsbriefs To receive information or mitigation plans from the FRC Library contact FEMA has a website! David Morton, Librarian The Federal Emergency Management Agency has Natural Hazards Research & Applications developed a World Wide Web server on the Internet, at Information Center http://www.fema.gov. The home page features news bytes IBS#6, Campus Box 482 about a wide variety of hazards and provides links to University of Colorado mitigation, preparedness, disaster assistance, Project Impact, Boulder, CO 80309-0482 and other topics. At the bottom of the page there is a link to (303) 492-5787 the FEMA library. (303) 492-2151 fax The library page opens with a ‘floorplan’ of the library, [email protected] showing clickable rooms for Preparedness and Training, For more information on sample mitigation plans or Response and Recovery, Mitigation, Still Photos and Video, outlines for mitigation plans, see Infrequently Asked National Flood Insurance Program, Maps, and several other Questions in this issue. topics of interest. Clicking on Preparedness and Training, I found a list of FEMA reports. Check out the Good Ideas A Tsunami Journal is on The 'Net! Book about mitiga-tion/preparedness program ideas and Michael Blackford of the International Tsunami case studies. Or the 3-volume report Partnerships in Information Center (ITIC) in Honolulu reports that the Preparedness: A Compendium of Exemplary Practices in Tsunami Society has put all the issues of its Science of Emergency Management. Both are valuable resources for Tsunami Hazards journal on the Internet. The files are in Emergency Managers who are beginning a mitigation plan PDF at http://epubs.lanl.gov/tsunami, courtesy of the Los or who want to refine the one they now have. Alamos National Laboratory library's national “library without walls” program.. The complete journal is also FRC is looking for all-hazard mitigation plans available on CD-ROM and individual articles reprints are The Natural Hazards Research and Applications also available from TsuInfo Alert. Information Center, University of Colorado reports that the TsuInfo Alert is published monthly by the Washington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources. This publication is free upon request and is available in print (by surface mail) and electronically (by e-mail).

TsuInfo Alert and the TsuInfo document delivery program are made possible by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency via the Washington Military Department, Division of Emergency Management.

Participants in the TsuInfo program can request copies of reports listed in this issue from:

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prepared by Connie J. Manson, Senior Library Information Specialist and Lee Walkling, Library Information Specialist

2 TsuInfo Alert, v. 1, no. 5, May 1999 New Tsunami Mitigation Materials Added to the Library, April, 1999 compiled by Connie J. Manson

Note: Free reprints of these materials are available. (See page 2 for ordering information)

Bourgeois, Joanne; Johnson, S. Y., 1999, Evidence for at Recommended for local emergency managers and least three moderate or larger earthquakes near government officials. Everett, Washington, since about A.D. 800 [abstract]: Seismological Research Letters, v. 70, no. 2, p. 232-233. Monmonier, Mark, 1997, Cartographies of danger-- A brief description of current research on tsunami Mapping hazards in America: University of Chicago deposits in the Everett, Washington area. Press, 363 p. A thorough discussion of hazard mapping. Carver, G. A.; Abramson, H. A.; Garrison-Laney, C. E.; (Reviewed, in this issue, p. 10) Leroy, T., 1999, Paleotsunami evidence from northern for repeated long rupture (M 9) of the Gonzalez, Frank I., 1999, Tsunami!: Scientific American, Cascadia subduction zone [abstract]: Seismological v. 280, no. 5, p. 56-65. [Also available at http://www. Research Letters, v. 70, no. 2, p. 232. scientificamerican.com/1999/0599issue/0599gonzalez.html] A brief description of current research on tsunami An excellent report on tsunamis and tsunami hazards. deposits along the northern California coast. Highly recommended for emergency managers, educators, and local government officials. Geist, E. L., 1999, A stochastic source model for estimating local tsunami hazards [abstract]: Seismological Research Letters, v. 70, no. 2, p. 221. **** A brief description of current research on tsunami modeling. Tsunami Society Symposium The Tsunami Society symposium will be held in Plafker, George; Carver, G. A., 1999,Seismotectonics of Honolulu May 25-27, 1999. The program has been the eastern Aleutian subduction zone--An analog for distributed and is available on the web at great tsunamigenic earthquakes in southern Cascadia? http://www.ccalmr.ogi.edu/STH/society.html. May 25 will [abstract]: Seismological Research Letters, v. 70, no. 2, p. include sessions on asteroid impact tsunamis and other 232. mega-tsunamis. Tsunami Warning Centers will be A brief description of current research on Alaskan discussed on May 26. On the final day, Tsunami Civil earthquakes that can be an analogy for Cascadia Defense projects and historical tsunamis will be the featured earthquakes. topics, followed by the Tsunami Society Annual Meeting. The scope is world-wide. Mofjeld, H. O.; Gonzalez, F. I.; Newman, J. C., 1999, Tsunami prediction in U.S. coastal regions. In Mooers, C. N. K., editor, Coastal ocean prediction: American Geophysical Union, p. 353-375. Excellent discussion of curent approaches to tsunami prediction. Reviews tsunami modeling, long-term prediction, short-term prediction, and current research trends.

TsuInfo Alert, v. 1, no. 5, May 1999 3 Community Mitigation Successes: NOAAWeather Radio Coverage for the Entire Washington Coast by Karin Frinell-Hanrahan, Deputy Director Grays Harbor County Department of Emergency Management [email protected]

Editor's note: Karin Frinell-Hanrahan presented this at the Regional Coastal Earthquake Conference May 13, 1999 in SeaTac, WA. This is such a terrific project that we asked her to publish it here so it could be shared with others.

When I came on board at the Grays Harbor County leave a small receiver at Neah Bay to cover the opening of Department of Emergency Management everyone was the Strait of Juan De Fuca. This would provide alert asking "Where are our tsunami sirens?" I had worked with capabilities for tsunamis and for adverse weather for the sirens before at Lewis County and knew they were very entire coast and inland areas. The area would include three expensive but didn't always work as planned. Instead, I Counties (Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Clallam) and five started looking for a source of warning that was already coastal Indian Nations (Quinault, Makah, Quillayute, Hoh available in Grays Harbor County-- and found it: NOAA and Ozette). Depending on the strength of the signal, it Weather Radio. would also provide additional alert capabilities at sea. To But there were problems with it. The County was do this, we needed a site on Mt. Octopus, preferably with covered by signals from Astoria and Olympia, but a large existing tower, racks and auxiliary power supply. To area of the County -- including the Quinault Indian National establish the site, we needed a 1-kilowatt dual transmitter and part of Olympic National Park--could not receive either ($6,000), a directional antenna ($3,000), cabling (at $5 per signal. foot), and the hardware and labor to install and test the site. So the question was, How could we get coverage for I made this proposal to the State Tsunami Working all of Grays Harbor County from our warning point in Group, Counties, State, FEMA and the Quinault Indian ? Nation, with the help of the National Weather Service and a I learned there was money in Tsunami Funds and they communication consultant. The proposal was needed projects, and the Idea was born: to use those funds enthusiastically accepted. to expand NOAA Weather Radio to the entire Pacific coast George Crawford, Ted Buehner, George Bisso and of Washington. many others have worked very hard to see this proposal From conversations with Ted Buehner of the National become a working project. Weather Service and with George Crawford of the The new site on Mt. Octopus will be functional by Washington Emergency Management Division, I proposed August 1, 1999. to move the station from Neah Bay to Mount Octopus, but

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Figure 1. Location map.

TsuInfo Alert, v. 1, no. 5, May 1999 5 New Program Participants: Pacific-States Senators and Representatives

Alaska Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald Representative Darlene Hooley 419 Cannon House Office Building 1419 Longworth House Office Building Representative Don Young Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515-3705 2111 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Representative Senator Gordon Smith 2331 Rayburn House Office Building 359 Dirksen Senate Office Building Senator Frank Murkowski Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20510 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Representative Senator Ron Wyden 2338 Rayburn House Office Building 516 Hart Senate Office Building Senator Ted Stevens Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20510 Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Representative Washington 2402 Rayburn House Office Building California Washington, D.C. 20515 Senator Slade Gorton 730 Hart Senate Office Bldg Representative Mike Thompson Representative Washington D.C. 20510 415 Cannon House Office Building 2372 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515 Senator Patty Murray 111 Russell Senate Office Bldg Representative Lynn Woolsey Representative Washington D.C. 20510 439 Cannon House Office Building 1530 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515-0549 Representative Brian Baird Washington D.C. 20515 Representative Representative Randy Cunningham 2457 Rayburn House Office Building 2238 Rayburn House Office Building Representative Norm Dicks Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515-0551 2467 Rayburn House Office Bldg Washington D.C. 20515 Representative Senator Barbara Box 2217 Rayburn House Office Building 112 Hart Senate Office Building Representative Jennifer Dunn Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20510 432 Cannon House Office Bldg Washington D.C. 20515 Representative Senator United States House of Representatives 331 Hart Senate Office Building Representative Richard "Doc" Hastings Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20510 1323 Longworth House Office Bldg Washington D.C. 20515 Representative Tom Campbell Hawaii 2442 Rayburn House Office Building Representative Jay Inslee Washington, D.C. 20515 Representative Neil Abercrombie Washington D.C.20515 1502 Longworth House Office Building Representative San Farr Washington, D.C. 20515 Representative Jim Mcdermott 1221 Longworth House Office Building 2349 Rayburn House Office Bldg Washington, D.C. 20515 Representative Patsy Mink Washington D.C. 20515 2135 Rayburn House Office Building Representative Washington, D.C. 20515-1102 Representative Jack Metcalf 1118 Longworth House Office Building 1510 Longworth House Office Bldg Washington, D.C. 20515 Senator Daniel Akaka Washington D.C. 20515 720 Hart Senate Office Building Representative Washington, D.C. 20510 Representative George L. Nethercutt, Jr. 2427 Rayburn House Office Building 1527 Longworth House Office Bldg Washington, D.C. 20515-0523 Senator Daniel Inouye Washington D.C. 20515 722 Hart Senate Office Building Representative Washington, D.C. 20510-1102 Representative Adam Smith 1524 Longworth House Office Building 1505 Longworth House Office Bldg Washington, D.C. 20515-0524 Oregon Washington D.C. 20515

Representative Representative David Wu Local Participants: 2204 Rayburn House Office Building 510 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515-2701 Alaska

Representative Steven Kuykendall Representative Peter DeFazio Bruce Robson 512 Cannon House Office Building 2134 Rayburn House Office Building AWWU Washington, D.C. 20515-0536 Washington, D.C. 20515 325 E 94th Ct Anchorage AK 99515

6 TsuInfo Alert, v. 1, no. 5, May 1999 Jim Harris Rachel Clark Elizabeth Sherbaugh Municipality of Anchorage Kenai Peninsula Borough Manzanita Public Safety Office of Emerg Mgmt 144 N Binkley PO Box 129 PO Box 196650 Soldotna AK 99669 Manzanita OR 97130 Anchorage AK 99519 John Alcantra Jack Root Vince McCoy Kenai Peninsula Borough City of Rockaway Beach Municipality of Anchorage 144 N Binkley St PO Box 782 Building Safety Soldotna AK 99669 Rockaway Beach OR 97136-0782 PO Box 196650 Anchorage AK 99519-6650 Mathew M. Betzen Kevin Cupples Unalaska Dept of Public Safety City of Seaside Donald Braun PO Box 370 989 Broadway City of Chignek Unalaska AK 99685 Seaside OR 97138 PO Box 110 Chignek AK 99564 Bob Bright Barbara E. Palicki City of Valdez Brookings Police Dept Jim Blowers PO Box 307 898 Elk Dr City of Cold Bay Valdez AK 99686 Brookings OR 97145 PO Box 10 Cold Bay AK 99571 Dennis Maguire Mathew P. Bernard Alyeska Pipeline Service Co U.S. Coast Guard Astoria Robert Plumb PO Box 109/MS 730 2185 Se 12th Place City of Cordova Valdez AK 99686 Warrenton OR 97146-9693 PO Box 1210 Cordova AK 99574 Brett A. Meyer Mei Mei Wang City & Borough of Yakutat Oregon Dept of Geology & Mineral Industries Robert L. Painter PO Box 160 800 Ne Oregon St #28 Homer Volunteer Fire Dept Yakutat AK 99689 Portland OR 97232 604 E Pioneer Ave Homer AK 99603 Paul Metz Robert Eaton University of Alaska Fairbanks Inn at Spanish Head John Babcock Dept of Mining & Geological Engineering 4009 SW Highway 101 City of King Cove Fairbanks AK 99775-5800 Lincoln City OR 97367 Office of Emergency Mgmt 89 Backlane Dr Roger Hansen Jim Hopkins King Cove AK 99612 Geophysical Institute - University of Alaska Lincoln City Public Works PO Box 757320 PO Box 50 William D. Jones 903 Koyukuk Dr Lincoln City OR 97367 City of Kodiak Fairbanks AK 99775-7320 PO Box 1397 Irene Thomas Kodiak AK 99615 Thomas Gemmell North Lincoln Fire & Rescue American Red Cross-Alaska PO Box 200lincoln City OR 97367 Mike and Judy Dobbins 3201 Nowell Ave PO Box 24 Juneau AK 99801-1933 John Cole Old Harbor AK 99643 Lane County Susan Coffland 125 E 8th Ave Macarius Mandregan Sitka Fire Dept Eugene OR 97401 Pribilof School Dist 209 Lake St PO Box 905 Sitka AK 99835 Roger McGuckin St Paul AK 99660 Lane County Land Mgmt Division 125 E 8th Ave Gidgette Kochute Oregon Eugene OR 97401 City of Sand Point PO Box 249 Al Yelvington Dennis G. Lewis Sand Point AK 99661 US Coast Guard City of Bandon 1035 SW Perfecta P0 Box 67 David Squires Beaverton OR 97005 Bandon OR 97411 City of Seward Fire Dept PO Box 167 Mike Caccavano Annie Downs Seward AK 99664 City of Astoria Southwestern Oregon Public Safety Assn 1095 Duane St PO Box 1632 Tylan Schrock Astoria OR 97103 Coos Bay OR 97420 City of Seward PO Box 167 Karolyn Adamson Kathleen Hornstuen Seward AK 99664-0167 City of Cannon Beach Southwestern Oregon Public Safety Assn PO Box 368 10335 Cape Arago Hwy Cannon Beach OR 97110-0368 Coos Bay OR 97420

TsuInfo Alert, v. 1, no. 5, May 1999 7 Pete Dirusso Don Mason Dale Hensley Curry County Island County GSA Aberdeen Fire Dept PO Box 746 PO Box 5000 700 W Market Gold Beach OR 97444 Coupeville WA 98239 Aberdeen WA 98520

Rachelle Schaff Rob Johnson Marcia Lewis Curry Co Comm on Children & Families CREW Miller Junior High School PO Box 746 1330A S 2nd St 100 E Lindstom Gold Beach OR 97444 Mount Vernon WA 98273 Aberdeen WA 98520

Keith Brown Steve Hauff Harry Paul Myrtle Point Fire Dept Clallam County Road Dept Grays Harbor PUD 424 5th St 223 E 4th St PO Box 480 Myrtle Point OR 97458 Port Angeles WA 98362 Aberdeen WA 98520

Laura Roberts Donna Richmond Chief Alfred Schroeder City of Reedsport Clallam County Road Dept Grays Harbor FPD # 14 5 St Johns Way 223 E 4th St 8 Market Ln Reedsport OR 97467 PO Box 863 Aberdeen WA 98520 Port Angeles WA 98362 Robert Sechler Bob Shortt Oregon Dept of Transportation Robert Robertsen Miller Junior High School 3500 NW Stewart Clallam County 100 E Lindstrom Roseburg OR 97470 PO Box 863 Aberdeen WA 98520 Port Angeles WA 98362 Mark Spross Chief Bill Weidman Douglas Co Sheriff Fred C. Slota Grays Harbor FPD #7 1036 SE Douglas Clallam County PO Box 191 Roseburg OR 97470 PO Box 863 Copalis Beach WA 98535 Port Angeles WA 98362

Washington Jefferson County Board of County Chief Keith Chenoweth Commissioners Grays Harbor FPD# 11 Phil Murray PO Box 1220 2029 St Rt 105 American Red Cross Port Townsend WA 98368 Grayland WA 98547 21030 NE 169th St Woodinville WA 98072-7727 Ted Krumland Anjela Foster Washington Dept of Labor & Industries Deputy State Fire Marshal John Hooper 1305 Tacoma Ave S Suite 305 3111 Pacific Ave SWMB Tacoma WA 98402 Hoquiam WA 98550 1301 5th Ave Suite 3200 Seattle WA 98101 Marty Best Jim Hiekel Washington Emergency Mngt Division Hoquiam Fire Dept Jane Preuss Camp Murray Bldg #20 625 8th St 1809 7th Ave Suite 100 Tacoma WA 98430-5122 Hoquiam WA 98550 Seattle WA 98101 Chuck Hagerhjelm Gene Guildord Rolf Rautenberg Washington Emergency Mngt Division 213 Canal Dr NE Washington Mutual Savings Bank Camp Murray Bldg #20 Ocean Shores WA 98569 1201 Third Ave Tacoma WA 98430-5122 Seattle WA 98101 Richard McEachin Maillian Uphaus Ocean Shores Police Dept Ted Buehner Washington Emergency Mngt Division PO Box 100 NOAA-NWS Camp Murray Bldg #20 Ocean Shores WA 98569 7600 Sand Point Way NE Tacoma WA 98430-5122 Seattle WA 98115-0070 Chief Richard Booth Laura Vandermeer Grays Harbor FPD #8 Harold O. Mofjeld Washington Emergency Mngt Division PO Box 4 NOAA-PMEL Camp Murray Bldg #20 Pacific Beach WA 98571 7600 Sand Point Way NE, E/PM/OE2 Tacoma WA 98430-5122 Seattle WA 98115-0070 Ken Boyes Chief Bob Bauman Raymond Police Dept Richard Honey Grays Harbor FPD #2 233 2nd St Achilles USA Inc 6317 Olympic Hwy Raymond WA 98577 1407 80th St SW Aberdeen WA 98520 Everett WA 98203 Jacob Mullins American Red Cross PO Box 253 South Bend WA 98586

8 TsuInfo Alert, v. 1, no. 5, May 1999 Karen Boquist Mark Jacobson British Columbia Shoalwater Bay Police Dept Ocosta School District PO Box 130 2580 Montesano St S Doug Hartl Tokeland WA 98590 Westport WA 98595 Overwaitea Food Group 19855 - 92 "A" Joan Boselly Randy Lewis Langley BC V1M 3B6 CANADA Ocosta School District City of Westport PO Box 821 PO Box 505 Robin Thoms Westport WA 98595 Westport WA 98595 Emergency Preparedness Canada PO Box 10000 Rick Hopkins Victoria BC V8W 3A5 CANADA Ocean Beach Hospital Dist 29103 "S" Lane Ocean Park WA 98640

BOOK REVIEW by Lee Walkling

Monmonier, Mark, 1997, Cartographies of danger--Mapping hazards in America: University of Chicago Press, 363 p.

Local governments are suddenly asking for hazard if they fail to convince or at least command mapping, particularly inundation mapping for coastal areas, attention, they miss their most important target. in order to prepare tsunami hazard mitigation plans and all- There’s a danger, though, inmaps that under- or hazard preparedness plans. Cartographies of danger-- overstate risk, thereby either promising false Mapping hazards in America provides an essential security or raising needless alarm. All risk maps overview to what hazard maps are and how they are made. are at least partly rhetorical, if only to enlarge As with all statistical reporting, it is necessary to know how understanding of a hazard by momentarily ignoring to read hazard maps, what they don’t tell you, and how to the attendant uncertainty.” (p. 294) use them correctly-- and not to “expect precision or easy Uncertain Shores, Chapter Four, discusses tsunamis. answers.” (p. 14). The author, Mark Monmonier, is the The Hawaiian evacuation maps, found in the local phone perfect person to explain all this. He is a Professor of books, are used as illustrations of effective hazard mapping Geography at Syracuse University and the author of How and disaster preparedness. The author also looks at the To Lie with Maps. National Atlas map series (1985, U.S.G.S.) which “despite The chapter headings are Map Scale, Danger Zones, praise from coastal scientists,...never caught the attention of and Safe Places; Shaky Preparations; Lavas and Other the public, the media, or the Congress.” (P. 75) The map Strangers; Uncertain Shores (about tsunamis); Death series author Bob Dolan believes the maps were too Tracks; Floodplains, by Definition,...; Subterranean Poisons; complicated. Ill Winds; Short-Lived Daughters and ELF Fields; Nuclear Cartographies of danger, designed for the layperson, Nightmares; Imagining Vulnerability; Crimescapes; John examines current efforts to map hazards. Professor Snow’s Legacy; and Emerging Cartographies of Danger. Monmonier offers readable explanations of the limitations Chapter One deals with map scale--an important and strengths of maps, providing appropriate illustrations to but little understood topic-- that is especially critical for help visualize the concepts he is discussing. This study also the proper use of hazard maps. Chapter Two, about provides “insights about scientific knowledge, public earthquakes, is also pertinent to tsunami mitigation. policy, and popular perceptions.” (P. x, preface). Before The final chapter talks about the relatively new field of ordering inundation maps, or before studying the ones hazard mapping, its potential and its pitfalls. you’ve received, it might pay to read this book. “That risk maps are rhetorical should surprise no one--persuasion is their prime role, after all, and

TsuInfo Alert, v. 1, no. 5, May 1999 9 Infrequently Asked Questions: "Mitigation Plans" compiled by Lee Walkling

1. Where can I find examples of really good mitigation 3. I just want a sample mitigation plan to use as a model plans? for the emergency management plan for my area. FEMA has published a 3-volume set, Partnerships in What’s available? Preparedness: A Compendium of Exemplary Practices in Some good examples are: Emergency Management. The printed volumes are free FEMA's 1996 Guide for All-Hazard Emergency from FEMA (by calling 1-800-480-2520) and it's also Operations Planning (State and Local Guide 101) for free online at http://www.fema.gov/pte/partnr01.htm by calling 1-800-480-2520. Strategy for Tsunami Mitigation and Public Awareness, 2. Just what does that mean-- "A compendium of by Donald A. Hull and Angie Karel, Oregon Department of exemplary practices?" Geology and Mineral Industries, 1997. 503-872-2750 to FEMA contacted its regional offices to gather examples order. You may also borrow TsuInfo Alert’s copy. of innovative emergency management practices that were Good Idea Book, FEMA. (See Newsbriefs “FEMA has effective and easily adaptable to other locations and a website!” for more information). situations. Those examples were collected in these Contact your state’s Emergency Management Director volumes. for more information.

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