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American Samoa NTHMP Meeting
August 2019 Salt Lake City, Utah
Presented By: Elinor Lutu-McMoore with contributions by Antonina Paselio
Differences… (LOCAL EVENTS)
ALERT LEVEL AMERICAN SAMOA MAGNITUDE (Mw)
INDEPENDENT SAMOA MAGNITUDE (Mw)
WARNING 7.1 or Greater Greater than 7.5
WATCH N/A 6.5 – 7.4
ADVISORY 5.5 or Greater Greater than 6.4
Information Statement 5.5 or Greater 4.5-6.3
Activities: • Intra Samoa Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems & Disaster Risk
Management Forum • Maritime Hazard Maps for Pago Pago Harbor
• Produced by Dr. Fai Cheung • Presented in a workshop with maritime community • Bridging gap between local users and USCG (Captain of the Port)
• Full Scale Tsunami Exercise
Interpretation of Model Results
Resonance
• Natural oscillation of water bodies driven by bathymetry
Pago Pago Harbor • Mode 1:
18-min oscillation over the insular shelf within the 100-m contour
• Mode 2: 11-min oscillation between inner harbor
and insular shelf • Mode 3:
9.7-min oscillation between inner harbor and insular shelf
• Calendar of activities:
Monday 23
Tuesday 24
Wednesday 25
Thursday 26
Friday 27
Saturday 28
Sunday 29
PRiMO (Pacific Risk Management Ohana)
Conference; Emergency Response Counterpart Training
American Samoa Full Scale Tsunami Exercise
Community Outreach &
Tsunami Preparedness
Fair
10th Year Anniversary
Remembrance Ceremony &
Church Service
The “BIG” Exercise…
FA’AFETAI! THANK YOU! CONTACT INFORMATION
AS Department of Homeland Security Pago Pago, American Samoa
(684) 699-3800 Vinnie Atofau, TEMCO Manager: [email protected] Jacinta Brown, Deputy Director: [email protected]
Antonina Paselio, Project Manager: [email protected]
U.S. National Weather Service WSO Pago Pago, American Samoa
(684) 699-9130 Elinor Lutu-McMoore, Meteorologist-In-Charge
