Tsunami Awareness Plan In Hawaii (Hanna, Shane, Mark A., Nick)

Our group’s plan for getting the citizens of Hawaii prepared for a tsunami was quite simple. Basically our plan comes in two parts, the first being to simply shock the public into caring, but instead of using over dramatized scare tactics and warnings we would show the public what kind of potential damage a tsunami could inflict on the islands using simulated examples of before, during, and after pictures from a faux tidal wave and also by putting posters and plaques in the streets to keep the idea of a potential tsunami constantly in the public eye. The second part of our plan has to do with educating our youth. I believe it was Shane who pointed out that every kid remembers “stop, drop, and roll” so with that in mind why couldn’t we make tsunami preparedness equally important in a young and impressionable minds through commercials, cartoons, and in school campaigns?

Mark Alexander