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First TsunamiReady Native
American Community
Washington State's Quinault Indian Tribe has become the nation's first
Native  American
community to receive a "TsunamiReady" designation from NOAA's
National Weather Service. Located about 100 miles west of Seattle on
the central Washington coast, the community was also recognized for
being "StormReady."
"As the first Native American sovereign nation to achieve this recognition,
the community is also setting an example for others to put infrastructure
and systems in place to protect lives and property," said NWS western
region director Vickie Nadolski.
The TsunamiReady and StormReady designations are voluntary
National Weather Service preparedness programs that establish guidelines
for communities to follow for tsunami and severe weather preparedness.
Communities adopt requirements in the areas of communications, warning
reception and dissemination, public outreach, hazard awareness and administrative
planning. During the 1990s, Washington State experienced 19 federally-declared
disasters and dozens more local disasters.
For more information:
http://wcatwc.gov/tsunamiready/tready.htm
http://www.stormready.noaa.gov
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