Online Hazard tools for the Pacific Northwest Jennifer

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 n n n 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 q q q Risk to staff Risk to community Risk to business

National Weather Service n Weather advisories q q http: //nws. noaa. gov Monitor for extreme weather events, warnings/advisories

Climate n NOAA National Climatic Data Center q http: //www. ncdc. noaa. gov/oa/ncdc. html

VOLCANOS n Cascades Volcano Observatory q n Alaska Volcano Observatory q n http: //vulcan. wr. usgs. gov/home. html http: //www. avo. alaska. edu/ Other volcano resources q http: //volcano. und. edu/

Volcano Location n Question: Where active volcanoes?

Volcano Questions n What are the risks (beyond Lava flows)? q http: //vulcan. wr. usgs. gov/Hazards/framework. html

Population Risk n n Which populations are at risk? Hazard zones? Mount Rainier designated most dangerous volcano in continental North America More than 100, 000 people live on debris from past lahars

Mitigation/Preparedness n Living with volcanoes segment from USGS q http: //vulcan. wr. usgs. gov/Living. With/framework. html

Additional Volcano Questions n n 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 n US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program q n Pacific Northwest Seismic Network q n http: //earthquake. usgs. gov/ http: //www. pnsn. org/welcome. html Earthquake Information Network q http: //www. eqnet. org/

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

Earthquake Theory

Earthquake questions n n 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 n Vents Program Acoustic Monitoring q q n Ocean Seismic Activity http: //www. pmel. noaa. gov/vents/acoustics. html Tsunami q q http: //tsunami. gov http: //www. tsunami. noaa. gov

Tsunami n What causes a tsunami? q q n n n 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?

n n n n http: //nws. noaa. gov http: //www. ncdc. noaa. gov/oa/ncdc. html http: //vulcan. wr. usgs. gov/home. html http: //www. avo. alaska. edu/ http: //volcano. und. edu/ 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