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Be prepared: subscribe to USGS quake notifications - Guest - 03-17-2011
People have mentioned signing up for the civil defense alerts, which is a great idea. I got a phone call when the warning went out.
But I was already on top of the concerns, thanks to my subscription to worldwide quake notifications via USGS. Just before 8 pm, the email came in of the Japan quake, which was originally 7.9 and soon revised upwards to the high 8's.
Then the tsunami watch email came through at the same time. As part of my quake subscription, I get emails of all bulletins issued by both the Pacific Region Tsunami Warning Center and the West Coast warnings.
Here's the link to sign up for the notifications:
https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/
You can customize the regions of interest and the magnitude of quakes.
I've been subscribed for years now. I find it fascinating to see how many quakes occur around the world.
But for your own safety, living on this island in the Pacific Ring of Fire -- if you live in a tsunami zone, or near one, it is not the best idea to be tuned out of TV, internet, and so forth, because you could go to bed and have a catastrophe unfold while you are unaware.
Having these emails come in is one way to put yourself on alert. These came in well before Civil Defense had made any announcement. They always will, because these emails are sent automatically when the quake monitoring equipment is triggered, whereas CD announcements require human deliberations and decisions, which takes some time.
If I get an email showing a BIG quake like this one, that tells me to TUNE IN, see if there is a tsunami watch or warning, start paying attention. Of course, if a quake happens in the middle of the night, it won't help, but the service did put me on notice for this and the Chilean quake last year. [
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RE: Be prepared: subscribe to USGS quake notifications - Kapohocat - 03-17-2011
It' also good to have the [
]coconut wireless[] from a bunch of my friends who know we are down here which []activated[] as soon as they saw the first USGS notice/msg went out because I didnt see/hear my cell with the HCCD msg! RE: Be prepared: subscribe to USGS quake notifications - missydog1 - 03-17-2011
There's nothing like the coconut wireless ... but not all are tied in, especially those who are newly arrived.
of course, according to your post, it was that USGS notification that triggered the CW.
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I always check my email before going to bed. On one hand it's an addiction, but OTOH it's part of living in the sticks that I know I'm out of the loop, and so are my neighbors ... so I keep tabs on the loop, so to speak.
RE: Be prepared: subscribe to USGS quake notifications - hawaiideborah - 03-17-2011
quote:Thank you so much for this great link.
Originally posted by KathyH
People have mentioned signing up for the civil defense alerts, which is a great idea. I got a phone call when the warning went out.
But I was already on top of the concerns, thanks to my subscription to worldwide quake notifications via USGS. Just before 8 pm, the email came in of the Japan quake, which was originally 7.9 and soon revised upwards to the high 8's.
Here's the link to sign up for the notifications:
https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/
I signed up for the C.D. email and phone call list.
Now will sign up for this one too.
Thanks again for the great info and link.
RE: Be prepared: subscribe to USGS quake notifications - missydog1 - 03-17-2011
I'm so glad it was useful. [
]Everyone in my family is subscribed to it. We're all like ... "did you see that" when something of note happens.
Did you find the part where you sign up for the tsunami warnings? I couldn't find the direct link to that.
Those warnings aren't from USGS. They come from
tsunami-information-ioc@lists.unesco.org
and are mailed to
IOC_Public_Lists@ptwc.noaa.gov
so you put yourself on that Public List and you get the email.
ptwc is Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which is under NOAA.
RE: Be prepared: subscribe to USGS quake notifications - hawaiideborah - 03-18-2011
quote:
Originally posted by KathyH
I'm so glad it was useful. [
Did you find the part where you sign up for the tsunami warnings? I couldn't find the direct link to that.
ptwc is Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which is under NOAA.
YES, I found the link to get the email warnings.
This is a great site. You can sign up for all types of gov't links here, not just weather related.
Here is the direct link for the tsunami waring email sign-up:
http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/subscribe.php
THANKS AGIAN for your helpful info, KathyH.