Oregon Tsunami Mitigation and Mapping Program FY 2006

1. 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@dogami.state.or.us Jay Wilson Earthquake and Tsunami Program Coordinator Oregon Emergency Management jmwilson@oem.state.or.us

2. 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

3. Native American Historical Marker Lincoln City, Oregon

4. Evacuation Map SignforState Parks + Cities

6. 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

7. Centralized registration and organization by local government

8. 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

9. 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

12. Population Exposure within Tsunami Hazard Zone (source: Nate Wood, USGS) City State Park SB379 Zone:22,200 residents13,853 employees

13. Economic Sensitivity within Tsunami Hazard Zone (source: Nate Wood, USGS) • Regional Totals • In Hazard Zone: 1,674 • City Totals: 9,180 • Regional Percentage: 18% • Regional Totals • In Hazard Zone: 13,853 • City Totals: 71,135 • Regional Percentage: 19% • Regional Totals • In Hazard Zone: $1.8 billion • City Totals: $9.5 billion • Regional Percentage: 19%

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. $274,000 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2007