ANNA SHOFFNER

Anna Shoffner
Tsunami in Hawaii (U.S.)
Geography 8-Y

MAP OF WHERE THE TSUNAMI HIT IN HAWAII.

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HERE IS ANOTHER MAP

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What is a tsunami?

• A tsunami is a series of huge waves normally caused by other natural disasters.
• Things that cause tsunamis are, underwater earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, and some big meteors.

What is a tsunami? (continued)

• Tsunamis move very fast, some travel up too 500mph.
• Nowadays scientist can see when, and where a tsunami will hit.

ANSWERING THE EIGHT QUESTIONS

• What caused your disaster?
• The tsunami of 2011 in Hawaii was caused by the 8.9 earthquake in Japan. The earthquake was the fifth largest earthquake ever to be recorded since 1900.

WHEN DID THE TSUNAMI OCCUR?

• The tsunami occurred on Friday march 11, 2011.
• Where in Hawaii did the tsunami hit?
• The tsunami hit kealakekua bay, Kailua pier, and lastly Kailua-kona. (All of these are places in Hawaii)

HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE EFFECTED?

• Not a lot of people were affected at all, there were zero dead, and one injured. The person who was injured was a employee for the county department of public works Hawaii division, (for Hawaii) he was found early Friday unconscious and was rushed to the Kona community hospital.

HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE?

• Like I said early zero people in all were killed
• The damage wasn't ver bad either. There were reports of two damaged cars, water damage in the first floor of a hotel. Also one home was destroyed, nineteen apartments had minor damage, and six had major, lastly the the national historic park (puu o honqunau) had flooding.
• The estimated recovery cost for all the areas effected including Japan is three billion dollars.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE IT RECOVER?

• On April 17 2011 all the homes and carpet had been replaced, but the beaches and some landscape was still being built. The beach would probably be done soon and same with the landscaping so in all I would say that maybe it took 40-50 days to recover. So a month and 17 days is we are just saying that on April 17 everything had been fixed.

WHAT CHANGED ABOUT THE PLACE AS A RESULT OF THE DISASTER?

• After the tsunami in Hawaii trash was found in some birds and animals.
• Tons of debris were dumped into the ocean.
• Some houses were damaged but overall nothing major besides hurting some animals ecosystems.

AGENCIES THAT HELPED IN THE AFTERMATH IF THE DISASTER...

• Hona disaster assistance and recovery center was the really only major helping origanazation.
• Others included the police, firefighters, Ems to those who needed it, and just everyday people.

PICTURE OF KEALAKEKUA BAY BEFORE THE TSUNAMI...

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AFTER THE TSUNAMI...

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USES OF GEOGRAPHY

• Hawaii knew that the tsunami wasn't as bad as it could have been and here's how they are planning for future tsunami threats...
• They are starting to make tsunami hazard maps, these are maps that show a good evacuation route for people leaving or trying to find safer ground during a tsunami.

USES OF GEOGRAPHY (CONTINUED)

• Geologists are looking at past tsunamis to see patterns in earthquakes and the reaction it has to certain tsunamis and where they go. The last tsunamis they are looking at aren't just from 30 years ago but from, even a thousand. By doing this they can see if there is a pattern of tsunamis and earthquakes rotating around the world.

USES OF GEOGRAPHY (CONTINUED)

• In general we need to do a better job of warning people and this idea has got you covered...
• In the mere future drowns could show videos and views of the waves coming in, and send them to people on the coast of that tsunami danger area. That way they can get a realtime view of what and when the wave is coming for them and they can make a decision to stay or go.

SOURCES

• “Big Island Video News.” Big Island Video News, www.bigislandvideonews.com/. Accessed 22 Sept. 2017.
• “2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami travel times/wave height map.” Teaching about Hazards in Geoscience, The Geological Society of America, 2017, serc.carelton.edu/58802.

SOURCES (CONTINUED)

• Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, articles.latimes.com/. Accessed 24 Sept. 2017.
• Lovett, Richard A. "Tsunami Waves Hit U.S.- Some Damage in Hawaii, California. "National Geographic News, National Geographic, 12 March 2011, www.news.nationalgeographic.com.

SOURCES (CONTINUED)

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SOURCES (CONTINUED)

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