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| Legislation Passes House Science Committee |
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[ 4 May 2005 ] The House Science Committee passed legislation today sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) to improve both domestic and international tsunami detection, forecasting, warning and preparedness efforts through increased education, research and detection systems. The United States Tsunami Warning and Education Act, H.R. 1674, was reported out of the Committee by a voice vote and is expected to be voted upon by the full House of Representatives soon. |
| Tsunami Warning and Education Act |
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[ 18 April 2005 ] U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) introduced the United States Tsunami Warning and Education Act, HR 1674. The legislation will improve domestic and international tsunami detection, forecasting, warning and preparedness efforts through increased education, research and detection systems. |
| Tsunami Briefing |
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[ 28 March 2005 ] U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee will participate in a briefing this Tuesday morning on the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami warning systems at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle. Inslee will hear from renowned tsunami expert Dr. Eddie Bernard and other NOAA scientists as they discuss how a global tsunami warning and detection system might have changed or improved the tsunami warnings for Southeast Asia following Monday’s earthquake. When Congress returns to session next week, Inslee will be introducing legislation with House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) to improve the United States and global tsunami detection and warning system. |
| Welcoming First Step for Worldwide Tsunami System |
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[ 14 January 2005 ] U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee expressed support for today's announcement by the Bush administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that they will expand the current Pacific Tsunami Warning System, and build a new tsunami warning system for the Atlantic coast of the United States and the Caribbean. Inslee also will introduce legislation that will deploy between forty and fifty high-tech ocean-based sensors in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as coordinate and forecast international warnings about tsunamis. |
| Inslee Meets with Scientists about Early Tsunami Warnings |
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[ 6 January 2005 ] U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee called a meeting with scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Kirkland-based Paroscientific to discuss NOAA’s use of deep ocean buoys in detecting and warning about tsunamis. The meeting at NOAA’s Sand Point facility included a demonstration of NOAA’s full sized deep ocean buoys, as well as NOAA computer simulations of tsunamis. The NOAA buoys are equipped with pressure transducers made by Paroscientific that are precise enough to detect a tsunami as small as two centimeters in height. |
| Earthquake and Tsunami Information and Relief Efforts |
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[ 5 January 2005 ] Like all citizens of the world, I offer my deepest condolences to the victims and their families of the earthquake and tsunamis. I am wokring to ensure that the United States government quickly provides assistance. This page provides useful information about the earthquake and tsunami in South Asia, links to organizations that are helping provide relief, and how to obtain information about the welfare and whereabouts of family members in affected areas. |