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effective decision making and can increase the likelihood of success in geographically dis-
tributed organizations. Trust can be built by common training; opportunities for scientiic and
operational exchange; and workshops, conferences, exercises, and simulations that build com-
munity and coherence across distributed organizations.
TYING IT ALL TOGETHER: REPORT ROADMAP
In the following chapters, the committee assesses progress in the nation's distributed
tsunami preparedness, detection, and warning efforts and compares it to its vision of an ideal-
ized warning system (Figure 1.3). Chapter 2 evaluates progress in hazard and vulnerability
assessments and identiies potential improvements that could guide the nation's tsunami
risk-assessment efforts. Chapter 3 discusses education and outreach efforts and evaluates pre-
event community and organizational preparedness and the coordination between the various
entities at the local, state, and federal levels. Chapter 4 examines the technical hazard detection
system, including the seismic and sea level sensor networks. Chapter 5 examines the TWCs'
operations and how technology and human capital are used to provide their functions. Appen-
dices present supporting data on tsunami sources, hazard and evacuation maps, educational
efforts, seismological methods, and several case-study tsunamis.
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