The Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has received less than one hundred responses after the state’s tsunami warning test this morning.
Jeremy Zidek with the department said they would like feedback from Alaskans in order to improve the warning messages efficiency, should it ever actually be needed.
Zidek: “Telling us where they were, if they heard the test message over radio or television, how they received the test message, if they heard sirens in association with that, if it was loud and clear, or if the message perhaps if the message was garbled.”
That survey is available at ready.alaska.gov.
Zidek said this week is tsunami preparedness week.
Zidek: “We’re encouraging people to find out what their local tsunami hazards are, how their local governments will notify them beyond the EAS systems and the tsunami warning messages. So find out where your evacuation shelters are, where the routes are, talk to your family about that. If you have a family emergency communication plan it’s a good idea to refresh all those numbers and make sure each family member knows what to do and who to call.”
He said emergency plans and kits can be applied to all emergencies, not just tsunamis.
