HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation - National Tsunami Preparedness WeekPROCLAMATION
"National Tsunami Preparedness Week"
March 261h to March 30s' 2018
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach is a coastal city of the Pacific
Ocean; and
WHEREAS, tsunami is a term of Japanese origin describing the
high ocean waves that sometime result from off shore seismic
events; and
WHEREAS, over the past two hundred years the coast of California
has experienced at least two dozen tsunamis, fifteen of which have
damaged out coastal communities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach is a Tsunami Ready Community.
This is a national certification issued by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather
Service (MWS); and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach in cooperation with the State of
California, Office of Emergency Services (Cal-OES), will be taking an
active role in promoting public education and awareness about
tsunami preparedness.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, that the Sal Beach City
Council formally declares March 26 - March 30, 2018,
0NATIONAL TSUNAMI PREPAREDNESS EEK"
And publicly acknowledge the importance of preparing for natural
disasters in the City of Seal Beach
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby affix my signature and the seal of
the City of Seal Beach this twelfth day of March in the year Two
Thousand and Eighteen.
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Mike Varipapa, Mayor
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•. ,. Mayor Pro Tem: Ellery A. Deaton
City Council Members:
Sandra Massa-Lavitt
Thomas Moore
Schelly Sustarsic