Caribe Wave Tsunami Exercise to take place on March 21
The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) continues to promote tsunami readiness through the annual Caribe Wave exercise to take place on March 21.
The activity is an initiative of an inter-governmental coordination group for tsunamis and other coastal hazards of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It targets countries throughout the Caribbean to help them prepare for tsunamis which are regarded as rare hazards usually causing severe devastation.
Schools, workplaces and residents in general are encouraged to use the opportunity to boost their knowledge of tsunamis, their impacts and how to prepare for such hazards. Groups participating in the drill are asked to register with NODS before March 7 by calling 462-4206 or email [email protected].
Tsunamis have impacted Antigua and Barbuda and other regional territories in the past.
Records show that on April 6, 1690 an earthquake near Antigua and Nevis believed to have been triggered by landslides into the sea generated tsunami waves that were observed in Antigua, Nevis and St. Thomas.
Also, on November 1, 1755, the Great Lisbon earthquake in Portugal, which had a magnitude of between 8.5 and 9.0, caused tsunamis throughout the Caribbean with wave heights of 3.5 feet reported in Antigua.
In more recent times, the 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Haiti in 2010 generated a tsunami that caused 75 deaths.
Over the past ten years or so, several schools and workplaces have participated in the annual Caribe Wave exercise which UNESCO started in 2011.
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The last exercise in 2019 for St Johns was a success because it was well promoted. So NODS, get on it and hit the media-all media, asap.
Also I am encouraging the young and not so young, to get in touch with your NODS disaster coordinator in your area or village, and volunteer to attend workshop and be trained by NODS in various disaster management programs,
It is a volunteer service, however, the certificate you will receive will boost your CV tremendously, they also train persons to become and disaster management instructor.
As an instructor you will have the opportunity to travel abroad to conduct Disaster Management workshops, NODS Antigua and Barbuda are responsible for, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat and St Maarten in the event these Islands have a natural disaster.
If our people do not get the necessary training NODS Antigua and Barbuda may loose these responsibilities to another Island, let us all do this for Antigua and Barbuda .
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