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April is Tsunami Awareness Month in Hawaiʻi


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2008 Tsunami Education Activities and Events

Honolulu | Hilo | Kauaʻi
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Honolulu Events

March 30 AM830 KHVH Radio, Community Matters Show with Mike Buck, Tsunami Talk Story, Dr. Gerard Fryer, Dr. Walter Dudley, John Cummings, 8am
     
April 1   State of Hawaiʻi Tsunami Exercise: State & County Civil Defense, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, 7am-1:30pm (invisible to public)
     
April 5   Mad About Science Day, Bishop Museum, 10am-5pm. NOAA Tent will include tsunami info & keiki activities
     
April 5   Presentation: "Tsunamis: Waves of Destruction" by Dr. Gerard Fryer, Geophysicist, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Images will be projected on Science on a Sphere, Bishop Museum, 3:30pm
     
April 9   Macy's Partners in Emergency Management Fair, All Hazards Preparedness for Macy's employees only. Displays, Tsunami information, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Honolulu Dept. of Emergency Management, 3rd Floor, 11am-1:30pm
     
April 12   Earth Day, Waikiki Aquarium, Activities & Displays. Presentations include "Challenges of Forecasting Tsunamis" by Brian Shiro, Geophysicist, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Free Public Admission, 10am-4pm
     
April 12   Waipahu Health & Safety Fair, Waipahu Town Center, Tsunami Experts, Displays/Tsunami Preparedness info, 9am-12noon
     
April 13   Disaster Information & Volunteer Recruiting, Honolulu Dept. of Emergency Management, Pearl Harbor Navy Exchange, 10am-12noon
     
April 14-15   20th Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities, Exhibit & Materials (Apr 14-15, 7:45am-6pm), Tsunami Preparedness Workshop (Apr 15, 1:15pm) Waikiki Sheraton
     
April 19   Disaster Information & Volunteer Recruiting, Honolulu Dept. of Emergency Management, Kapolei Shopping Center, 10am-12noon
     
April 19-20   5th Annual Kokua Festival, Waikiki Shell, NOAA Table will include tsunami preparedness information, 2:30-5pm
     
April 26   Disaster Information & Volunteer Recruiting, Honolulu Dept. of Emergency Management, Foodland Supermarket, Laie, 10am-12noon
     
April 26   Disaster Information & Volunteer Recruiting, Honolulu Dept. of Emergency Management, Kahala Mall, 2pm-5pm
     
May 1   Presentation: "Tsunamis: The Great Waves," by Dr. Gerard Fryer, Hanauma Bay, 6:30pm
     
May 10   Hawaiʻi Kai Lions Club All Hazards Preparedness Fair, Kaiser High School, Tsunami Experts, Displays/Tsunami Preparedness Info, 9am-1pm
     
May 25   E Malama I Ke Kai, Ocean Awareness Festival, Waikiki Kapiolani Park, Tsunami Experts, Displays/Tsunami Preparedness Info/Keiki Activities, 10am-4:30pm
     
October 12   3rd Annual Fishing & Seafood Festival, Pier 38, Displays/Tsunami Preparedness Info, 10am-4pm

 

Hilo Events

April 1   KHBC 1060 AM Radio, Re-live 1946 Minute by Minute, 6:30am
     
April 19   "Tsunami Safe" Disaster Preparedness Fair, Speakers, Safety Information, Hands-on Displays, Prizes, sponsored by Connections Public Charter School & Pacific Tsunami Museum, Kress Bldg., 9am-3pm
     
April TBA   Opening of Pacific Tsunami Museum Display "Locally Generated Tsunamis/The Story of Halape"
     
May 18   Waiakea Talk Story Festival, Sanga Hall, 6-9pm; Tickets are available from Pacific Tsunami Museum and include dinner.
     
See also   http://www.tsunami.org/events.html

 

Kauaʻi Events

July 12   11th Annual Kauaʻi Ocean Fair, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Displays/Tsunami Preparedness Info/Keiki Activities

 

MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

For additional information, contact:
Delores Clark, NOAA Communications Office, 808-532-6411, delores.clark at noaa.gov

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