# Presentation: 497202

## Online Hazard tools for the Pacific Northwest

- Jennifer Davey MHA, MSEM
- Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
- Seattle WA
- Jennifer.davey@seattlechildrens.org

## Goal

- Planning/Preparedness
- Understand that all things are connected, especially with hazards—one can cause another or exacerbate existing hazards
- Find out the impacts to the organization
- Risk to staff
- Risk to community
- Risk to business

## National Weather Service

- Weather advisories
- _[http://nws.noaa.gov](http://nws.noaa.gov/)__   _
- Monitor for extreme weather events, warnings/advisories

## Climate

- NOAA National Climatic Data Center
- _[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html](http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html)_

**Notes:**
What is climate data?
When would you use climate data?

## VOLCANOS

- Cascades Volcano Observatory
- _[http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html](http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html)__ _
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
- _[http://www.avo.alaska.edu/](http://www.avo.alaska.edu/)__ _
- Other volcano resources
- _[http://volcano.und.edu/](http://volcano.und.edu/)__ _

**Notes:**
Possible assignment questions:
Which volcanos are ones of concern?
	number of people affected?
	Risk for eruption?
	Ash fall risk?
What are concerns around ash fall?  Should current emergency management plans address ash fall?  What are the hazards associated with ash fall?

What are some risks associated with volcanos?

## Volcano Location

- Question:  Where are active volcanoes?

## Volcano Questions

- What are the risks (beyond Lava flows)?
- _[http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Hazards/framework.html](http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Hazards/framework.html)__ _

## Population Risk

- Which populations are at risk?
- _[Hazard zones?](http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/Publications/FS065-97/FS065-97_map.pdf)_
- Mount Rainier designated most dangerous volcano in continental North America
- More than 100,000 people live on debris from past lahars

## Mitigation/Preparedness

- Living with volcanoes segment from USGS
- _[http://](http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/framework.html)__[vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/framework.html](http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/framework.html)_

## Additional Volcano Questions

- What is the warning system?
- What is the volcano alert level?
- Volcanic eruption prediction?
- How would a volcanic eruption affect me if I don’t live in a volcanic zone?

## Earthquakes

- US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program
- _[http://earthquake.usgs.gov/](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/)_
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- _[http://](http://www.pnsn.org/welcome.html)__[www.pnsn.org/welcome.html](http://www.pnsn.org/welcome.html)_
- Earthquake Information Network
- _[http://www.eqnet.org/](http://www.eqnet.org/)_

**Notes:**
Assignment questions
	Which areas of the country have notable earthquakes in the past 24 hours?
		past 36 hours?
		past week?
Are there areas of concern for earthquake?
Based on current and past earthquake patterns which areas should have earthquake plans/mitigation strategies in place?
What are some examples of earthquake mitigation strategies?
Which areas of the US are most at risk for Earthquakes and why?

## Tectonic/Geography

- Earthquake snapshot:  05/07/2007
- Clearly shows plate tectonics in motion
- How are earthquakes related to volcanoes?

## Earthquake Theory

## Earthquake questions

- Who is at risk from Earthquakes?
- What are the risks?
- What warning systems (if any) are in place?
- Can we predict Earthquakes?

## Lifelines and Faults

## US Seismic Hazards

## GIS and EQ

## Tsunami

- Vents Program Acoustic Monitoring
- Ocean Seismic Activity
- _[http://](http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics.html)__[www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics.html](http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics.html)_
- _[http://](http://tsunami.gov/)__[tsunami.gov](http://tsunami.gov/)_
- _[http://](http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/)__[www.tsunami.noaa.gov](http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/)_

**Notes:**
Tsunami hazards dominated by EQ zones that are capable of generating Seismic activity that would cause a tsunami.  Alaska-Aleutian Seismic Zone, Cascadia Subduction Zone and the Puerto Rico Subduction Zone

Which US communities are at risk for Tsunami and why? 

## Tsunami

- What causes a tsunami?
- Does any earthquake cause a tsunami?
- Are tsunami’s caused by anything other than earthquake?
- Where do they originate?
- What can communities do to prepare?
- Who is at risk?

- _[http://nws.noaa.gov](http://nws.noaa.gov/)_
- _[http://](http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html)__[www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html](http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html)_
- http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
- http://www.pnsn.org/welcome.html
- http://www.eqnet.org/
- http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics.html
- http://tsunami.gov
- http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov
- http://gldims.cr.usgs.gov/qfault/viewer.htm
- http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/pacnw/lifeline/eqhazards.html