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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (57726)	12/29/2004 2:02:24 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>The only official Tsunami alert system operates in the Pacific<< Actually there are two centers. The first was established in Hawaii after the 1946 tsunami... Pacific Tsunami Warning Center prh.noaa.gov The second was established in Alaska after the 1964 Alaska quake and related tsunamis that hit California and Japan... West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center wcatwc.gov

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (57726)	12/29/2004 4:00:01 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 74559

Alaska Science Forum May 30, 2002 Tsunamis Were Killers after 1964 Earthquake Article #1596 by Ned Rozell This column is provided as a public service by the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer at the institute. While visiting Kodiak recently, I scratched my Interior Alaska-biased head when I saw a street sign that also gave the elevation of that spot, 100 feet above sea level. I appreciated the information, but why did I need to know it? One-hundred feet or higher above sea level is the best place to be on Alaska's coast following a large earthquake, said Paul Whitmore, a geophysicist with the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer. Tsunamis are the reason. A tsunami is a massive wave that sometimes follows an earthquake or underwater landslide, volcanic eruption, nuclear explosion, or meteorite impact. Kodiak is one of the many Alaska communities that pay attention to this silent, terrifying threat, because a tsunami destroyed much of the town in March 1964. [...] gi.alaska.edu