¹Dr. Victor Huérfano - PI ¹Dr. Elizabeth Vanacore - CoPI ¹Prof. Aurelio Mercado ¹Dr. Jose Martinez Cruzado ¹Dr. Alberto Lopez ¹Dr. Saylisse Davila ¹Dr. Victor Rivera °Ing. Carlos Rodriguez ²Sra. Christa von Hillebrandt ²Sr. Ernesto Morales - WCM ²Sra. Carolina Hincapié ¹Sra. Wildaomaris Gonzales ³Sr. Wildredo Ramos ¹Sr. Roy Ruiz

¹UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO - MAYAGUEZ Puerto Rico Seismic Network Marine Sciences Department

Geology Department Civil Engineering Department

Industrial Engineering Department

²NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE – NOAA San Juan Forecasting Office

Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program

³ PUERTO RICO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION – PR SEMA

° GLOBAL MATRIX ENGINNERING

February/2016 Boulder, CO

Maps and Modeling

MoM

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REGIONAL

TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS • 44 Bilingual Evacuation maps • GIS Base maps • WEB APP • Online evacuation routes • Signage • 2012 Inundation Model

PEDESTRIAN EVACUATION MODEL FOR MAYAGUEZ, PR

San Juan Port Maximum Tsunami Current Speed

On – Line Elevation Profile

Were to move ? 150 M-Depth

Puerto Rico TSUNAMI Decision Support Tool: http://gis.pr.gov

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PR - NTHMP Education and Outreach

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PR Tsunami Media ToolKit: http://www.prsn.uprm.edu/mediakit

Tsunami media kit Online

Hard copy

Mobile app

WCM

Vertical Evacuation sign

Tsunami Workshop for K-12 teachers, Mayaguez, PR.

Poster Size Tsunami Evacuation Map and Emergency Information

PUERTO RICO / USVI TSUNAMIREADY COMMUNITIES

• EMWIN: 46 units + Training • NOAA Radios: 650 • Sirens: 71 systems • RSS terminals • Smart Phone APP • Social media • LOCAL EAS • Inter-Operability System

PONCE Tsunami Focal Point

EMWIN

MAYAGUEZ All Alert Siren

PR/VI TSUNAMI and EARTHQUAKE PROTOCOL

PRSN BroadCast System

LANTEX/CARIBE WAVE Scenarios

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2015 Total Caribbean Participation: 145,000 (92% PR)

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