Oregon Tsunami Mitigation and Mapping Program FY 2006

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Oregon Tsunami Mitigation and Mapping Program FY
2006
George R. Priest, Ph.D., CEG Oregon Dept. of
Geology and Mineral Industries Newport Coastal
Field Office george.priest_at_dogami.state.or.us
Jay Wilson Earthquake and Tsunami Program
Coordinator Oregon Emergency Management jmwilson_at_o
em.state.or.us
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Accomplishments

• 52 talks
• 1 Congressional testimony
• Reprint of 19 evacuation map brochures (205,000)
• Website improved and updated
• Inundation and evacuation polygons in Coastal
  Atlas (http//www.coastalatlas.net/index.asp )
• Evacuation time map for Seaside
• Seaside outreach project
• 100 signs for 6 towns
• Native American historical marker sign

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Native American Historical Marker Lincoln City,
Oregon
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Evacuation Map SignforState Parks Cities
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• Florence inundation map (in press).
• Discovery of tsunami shield effect
• Reedsport evacuation map
• Installation of benchmarks - Pacific City.
• 6 TsunamiReady Communities
• Manzanita,
• Wheeler,
• Nehalem
• Lincoln City
• Rockaway Beach
• Tillamook County
• Neighbor-to-neighbor at Yachats drill

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Centralized registration and organization by
local government
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• 2 Tsunami Summits
• Cannon Beach inundation map
• TIME compiles digital elevations bathymetry
• New Hydrodynamic models developed for tsunami
• New Cascadia sources
• 30 inundation simulations
• Review simulation of SEATOS source
• Presentation of sources and initial results to
  officials
• Prepare officials for Discovery Channel fallout
• Concept proposal for Cascadia source workshop

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• Consultation on Native American historical marker
  sign location (tribes, others)
• Alaska teletsunami documentary
• Video equipment purchased
• Compiling contacts historical photos
• OEM hosts GAO visit to 4 communities

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Population Exposure within Tsunami Hazard Zone
(source Nate Wood, USGS)
SB379 Zone22,200 residents13,853 employees
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Economic Sensitivity within Tsunami Hazard Zone
(source Nate Wood, USGS)

• Regional Totals
• In Hazard Zone 1.8 billion
• City Totals 9.5 billion
• Regional Percentage 19

• Regional Totals
• In Hazard Zone 13,853
• City Totals 71,135
• Regional Percentage 19

• Regional Totals
• In Hazard Zone 1,674
• City Totals 9,180
• Regional Percentage 18

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FY 2006 Objectives

• Tsunami Inundation Map for Pacific City 
• Evacuation Brochures (2 new reprinting) 
• Outreach and Education
• Purchase warning system equipment for local towns
  (EMWIN, weather radios)
• Purchase tsunami signs
• Install Native American Historical Marker Sign

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• Seaside outreach project transfer
• Distribution of outreach materials
• CD mailed free (towns and lodging facilities)
• Meetings, talks,
• E-mail to all building codes officials a report
  summarizing tsunami aspects of the Oregon
  Building Code (SB 379 regulations of DOGAMI).
• TsunamiReady Support

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• Documentation of the 1964 Alaska Tsunami Impacts
  to the Oregon Coast
• Inundation data points for field check of
  simulations
• First-hand accounts
• Produce educational video with lessons learned
• Published report
• FY 06 work
• Research tsunami witnesses and historical records
  
• Begin interviews with witnesses
• Compile historical records (photographs, maps,
  reports, and articles)
• Create database.

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274,000
 
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE January 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2007