Tsunami Ready: Facilitating Community Readiness, an Essential Component of a Tsunami Early Warning System

Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade1, Carolina Hincapié-Cárdenas2, Laura S L Kong3, Josué Aceituno-Díaz2, Alison Brome4, Bernardo Aliaga5 and UNESCO IOC Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), (1)NOAA, Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program, Mayaguez, PR, United States, (2)NOAA, Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program, Mayagüez, PR, United States, (3)UNESCO IOC - NOAA, Honolulu, HI, United States, (4)Caribbean Tsunami Information Centre, St. Michael, Barbados, (5)UNESCO/IOC, Paris, France