What are the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Centers (WC/ATWC) responsibilities?
• The main mission of the WC/ATWC is to help protect life and property from tsunami hazard by providing tsunami information and warning messages to its area-of-responsibility (AOR). • The WC/ATWC AOR is the U.S. West, Alaskan, Atlantic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Gulf of Mexico coasts as well as the east and west coasts of Canada. • Develop new processes and techniques to improve response times, forecast accuracy, and message content to residents in the AOR. • Increase community preparedness and public tsunami education through the TsunamiReady program and outreach. • As of April 23, 2006 the center is staffed with two watchstanding scientists 24 hours a day, every day. • For more information on the center, see http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/.
