Download or read book U S Naval Tsunami written by Donald J. Meyers and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December, 1941, Japanese naval bombers destroyed the United States Pacific battleship fleet at Pearl Harbor, unleashed a rampage of conquest in the Pacific Ocean and Rim, and invaded the Dutch East Indies and New Guinea. The battered United States Pacific Fleet was then confronted by the formidable Japanese naval superiority, in quality and quantity, of warships, planes, pilots and torpedoes, but staggered up from its flaming decks to first check, and then dominate a samurai-warrior obsessed foe which killled between 28-63 million Asians. Author Don Meyers analyzes the main causes of the remarkable comeback victory at the amazingly low cost of less than 0.2% of all military fatalities in WWII. Not least among them was the skill and courage of fewer than 100 pilots and sub-skippers who sank all 22 Japanese aircraft carriers and nearly 3 million tons of their Merchant Marine, leading to their unconditional surrender. There has never been a war like World War II in the Pacific.
Download or read book Waves of Hope The U S Navy s Response to the Tsunami in Northern Indonesia written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful underwater earthquake that occurred off the coast of Sumatra on 26 December 2004 generated the most destructive tsunami ever recorded, drowning more than 150,000 people without warning in exposed littoral areas from Indonesia to South Africa. The destruction was particularly severe in the Aceh Province of Indonesia. Humanitarian relief has long been recognized as a mission of the American armed forces and of the U.S. Navy in particular. U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) immediately established an Operations Planning Team (OPT) at PACOM Headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii. On 28 December it formed Joint Task Force (JTF) 536 to plan and execute Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE. Working closely with the Indonesian government and military, the Navy delivered, beginning within days of the disaster, vast quantities of emergency food and other supplies and provided on-the-spot emergency medical treatment to thousands of injured and displaced persons along the Aceh coast. During UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, sea basing proved to be a culturally sensitive and politically flexible response to a natural disaster in a region dominated by Muslims and the scene of an active domestic insurgency. Hard power assets, like the aircraft carrier and support ships provided by the U.S. Navy, in conjunction with air support and personnel from the Army,Marine Corps, and Air Force, provided tremendous soft power effects. This operation produced enormous goodwill, in particular when compared to the experience of other powers in the region like China that could not send similar forces. This book tells the story of UNIFIED ASSISTANCE.
Download or read book Waves of Hope written by Bruce A. Elleman and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful underwater earthquake that occurred off the coast of Sumatra on 26 December 2004 generated the most destructive tsunami ever recorded, drowning more than 150,000 people without warning in exposed littoral areas from Indonesia to South Africa. The destruction was particularly severe in the Aceh Province of Indonesia. Humanitarian relief has long been recognized as a mission of the American armed forces and of the U.S. Navy in particular. U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) immediately established an Operations Planning Team (OPT) at PACOM Headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii. On 28 December it formed Joint Task Force (JTF) 536 to plan and execute Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE. Working closely with the Indonesian government and military, the Navy delivered, beginning within days of the disaster, vast quantities of emergency food and other supplies and provided on-the-spot emergency medical treatment to thousands of injured and displaced persons along the Aceh coast. During UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, sea basing proved to be a culturally sensitive and politically flexible response to a natural disaster in a region dominated by Muslims and the scene of an active domestic insurgency. Hard power assets, like the aircraft carrier and support ships provided by the U.S. Navy, in conjunction with air support and personnel from the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, provided tremendous soft power effects. This operation produced enormous goodwill, in particular when compared to the experience of other powers in the region like China that could not send similar forces. This book tells the story of UNIFIED ASSISTANCE.
Download or read book Waves of Hope written by Bruce Elleman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful underwater earthquake that occurred off the coast of Sumatra on 26 December 2004 generated the most destructive tsunami ever recorded, drowning more than 150,000 people without warning in exposed littoral areas from Indonesia to South Africa. The destruction was particularly severe in the Aceh Province of Indonesia, at the northwestern tip of the island of Sumatra. There entire villages were destroyed within minutes as waves of thirty feet or more advanced far inland, while destruction of the main coastal highway made the entire region virtually inaccessible to Indonesian authorities ashore. In these extraordinary circumstances of human suffering, the U.S. Navy was able to play a key role in organizing what was to become a massive, multinational humanitarian relief operation, one based and executed virtually entirely "from the sea." Working closely with the Indonesian government and military, the Navy delivered, beginning within days of the disaster, vast quantities of emergency food and other supplies and provided on-the-spot emergency medical treatment to thousands of injured and displaced persons along the Aceh coast. Humanitarian relief has long been recognized as a mission of the American armed forces and of the U.S. Navy in particular. The scale and complexity of the tsunami's impact, however, posed particular and in some respects novel challenges to the Joint Task Force 536 (JTF 536) that was created to deal with the situation, not least of them the requirement imposed on it to operate exclusively from an improvised "sea base," to use a term that has gained some currency in recent discussions of naval missions and capabilities. In Newport Paper 28, Waves of Hope: The U.S. Navy's Response to the Tsunami in Northern Indonesia, historian Bruce A. Elleman provides the first comprehensive history and analysis of what would become known as Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE. Elleman, a research professor in the Department of Maritime History at the Naval War College, has produced a valuable and indeed unique study, one that makes use of a variety of internal Navy documents, oral histories, and interviews with a number of senior naval officers, including the then Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Vern Clark. It is to be hoped that it will prove of immediate benefit to planners in the naval and joint worlds of the U.S. military, as well as to those of other nations potentially interested in exploiting its lessons to improve their own capabilities in this frequently neglected yet vital-indeed, life-saving-military mission
Download or read book Faces of the Tsunami written by Bill McDaniel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-06-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about more than the United States' response to the most devastating tsunami in modern times, one that took in excess of 250,000 lives. I started writing the book to document all the steps that must be taken to effect a successful response to a disaster of this magnitude, and did so, complete with all the roadblocks that are erected at every phase of our effort. Most of these roadblocks are erected by…us. However, we always seem to come through. More importantly in this case is the documentation of the incredible people we had the privilege of providing care for, the Indonesians. We were all totally unprepared for the quiet courage we witnessed, the devoutness, the love for each other and for us, the acceptance of whatever the results might be of their treatment, and the simple goodness of these people. They humbled us every day. I suspect we cried far more than they did; for, as one of them told me, “We are a strong people, and life must go on.” This was the first large scale collaborative effort combining the efforts of our Navy personnel in partnership with a large civilian medical population, mostly from Project Hope. These were private doctors, nurses, social workers, and dentists from around the country who dropped everything to aid those so severely stricken in Indonesia. No one was sure how this would work; after all, the “Chain of Command” in the civilian community is a far different animal from that of the military, where we all understand from the get-go who is in charge of who. How was this going to work with civilians? How do you handle discipline problems? You can't court martial them, and keel hauling is frowned upon in these modern times. All these things had to be worked out, but actually were never a problem. What this effort demonstrated was that we all can work extremely well together once we start doing what we are all trained to do: treat people and save lives. That transcends almost all problems.Other problems we faced were ones we did not anticipate. The military is basically trained to do this disaster response duty as part of our daily life. We all look forward to it, knowing that not only we are helping others, but that in the end we will feel great about ourselves as well. But, the bottom line here is that we train for this, anticipate this, and generally roll with the punches and deal with the consequences because of our training and repeated exposure.The civilian doctors and nurses generally had never trained for something on this scope. Medically, sure. Injuries and disease are approached, diagnosed, and treated somewhat the same regardless of when and where they occur. But the overwhelming emotional impact of treating these incredible people, the feeling that we were somehow going further than we could ever dream we could go in our empathy and treatment was brand new to most of the civilians involved. We were all affected deeply. We all cried more than we had ever cried. We all still remember the patients so well it could have happened yesterday. However, again, the military had done this in most cases several times before, and while we were deeply affected, usually realized that this was our job; this is what we trained to do, so did so. I have talked to many of the civilians who worked alongside us in this effort; a number of them were so deeply touched by the totality of the experience that they quit their civilian jobs and went to work for various NGO's (non-governmental agencies) that do responses like this in ever disaster world-wide. I think many of the civilians will look back on this experience as the highlight of their professional lives. I know they will. And, I'll tell you something. Those of us who were and are military will look back on this grand collaboration with our civilian colleagues as one of the highlights of our lives as well!
Download or read book Tsunami Warning and Preparedness written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many coastal areas of the United States are at risk for tsunamis. After the catastrophic 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, legislation was passed to expand U.S. tsunami warning capabilities. Since then, the nation has made progress in several related areas on both the federal and state levels. At the federal level, NOAA has improved the ability to detect and forecast tsunamis by expanding the sensor network. Other federal and state activities to increase tsunami safety include: improvements to tsunami hazard and evacuation maps for many coastal communities; vulnerability assessments of some coastal populations in several states; and new efforts to increase public awareness of the hazard and how to respond. Tsunami Warning and Preparedness explores the advances made in tsunami detection and preparedness, and identifies the challenges that still remain. The book describes areas of research and development that would improve tsunami education, preparation, and detection, especially with tsunamis that arrive less than an hour after the triggering event. It asserts that seamless coordination between the two Tsunami Warning Centers and clear communications to local officials and the public could create a timely and effective response to coastal communities facing a pending tsuanami. According to Tsunami Warning and Preparedness, minimizing future losses to the nation from tsunamis requires persistent progress across the broad spectrum of efforts including: risk assessment, public education, government coordination, detection and forecasting, and warning-center operations. The book also suggests designing effective interagency exercises, using professional emergency-management standards to prepare communities, and prioritizing funding based on tsunami risk.
Download or read book Stemming the Tide written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yankee Tsunami written by Andrew R. DiConti and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yankee Tsunami: The Aftermath by Andrew R. DiConti is the final historical novel of the Yankee Tsunami trilogy, which covers a period shortly following the Spanish-American War through December 1900. For America, it is a time of innovation, influence and intrusive power. Her new Navy plays a major role in creating a tidal wave of supremacy that sweeps over much of the Pacific Rim. The trilogy's protagonist, Gamble Crane, has just returned to California following a year's tour of the Pacific after serving as a navigator aboard the USS Boston. Relishing a new assignment in the Bay Area, located only a short distance from Crane's place of birth, his destiny is redirected by a series of surprising events. Unknown forces intervene, and he is reassigned to the Navy Construction Corps, which is involved in the development of America's first operational submarine at the pioneering Union Iron Works Shipyard in San Francisco, California. A submarine in 1900 is as revolutionary as the Stealth aircraft would be today, with both American innovations startling the respective world military establishments of their time. Crane's recent courtship with Emily Chan, an American of Chinese ancestry born in Monterey, California, creates further complications in his life. Marriage between races in America is frowned upon to such a degree that miscegenation laws are being enacted in many states in the country. In San Francisco, although mixed marriages are legal, they are prevented by de facto means, since a license to marry is refused a couple not of the same race. Crane, with assistance from a prominent San Franciscan, is able to circumvent the licensing hurdle, which shortly culminates in a clandestine marriage. Conflicts and tension do not end, as having to live as husband and wife in the shadows takes a serious psychological toll on the recently married couple. Crane, who astonishingly for his age and rating plays a vital role in the development of the submarine, is obliged to use deception to conceal his problematic marriage and yet perform his critical and highly scrutinized duties. Further dilemmas, such as the black plague quarantine of Chinatown where Emily is employed, the treacherous disclosure of their taboo marriage and the Navy's spectacular first war games involving a submarine, test Gamble and Emily's love and steadfastness. Can a couple shielded only by their love survive the scorn of a society that creates laws treating non-whites unequally? Will the force of the Yankee Tsunami, which has relentlessly altered the lives of many in the entire Pacific Rim, be the same force that both exposes and destroys the careers and marriage of Emily and Gamble Crane? Yankee Tsunami: The Aftermath tells that emotional story. Sadly, Gamble and Emily's experience was not unique in times past. Many other Californians, who married another not of their race, were also victims of bias and discrimination.
Download or read book Communication Plan for Tsunami Warning System written by United States. National Weather Service and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Public Relations Case Study on the United States Navy and Marine Corps Role in Operation Unified Assistance Following the South Asia Tsunami written by Hans H. Chun and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tsunami of May 22 1960 as Recorded at Tide Stations written by S. C. Berkman and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Submarine Landslides and Tsunamis written by Ahmet C. Yalçiner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-12-31 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tsunamis are water waves triggered by impulsive geologic events such as sea floor deformation, landslides, slumps, subsidence, volcanic eruptions and bolide impacts. Tsunamis can inflict significant damage and casualties both nearfield and after evolving over long propagation distances and impacting distant coastlines. Tsunamis can also effect geomorphologic changes along the coast. Understanding tsunami generation and evolution is of paramount importance for protecting coastal population at risk, coastal structures and the natural environment. Accurately and reliably predicting the initial waveform and the associated coastal effects of tsunamis remains one of the most vexing problems in geophysics, and -with few exceptions- has resisted routine numerical computation or data collection solutions. While ten years ago, it was believed that the generation problem was adequately understood for useful predictions, it is now clear that it is not, especially nearfield. By contrast, the runup problem earlier believed intractable is now well understood for all but the most extreme breaking wave events.
Download or read book Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U S Nuclear Plants written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants and published by National Academy Press. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami sparked a humanitarian disaster in northeastern Japan. They were responsible for more than 15,900 deaths and 2,600 missing persons as well as physical infrastructure damages exceeding $200 billion. The earthquake and tsunami also initiated a severe nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Three of the six reactors at the plant sustained severe core damage and released hydrogen and radioactive materials. Explosion of the released hydrogen damaged three reactor buildings and impeded onsite emergency response efforts. The accident prompted widespread evacuations of local populations, large economic losses, and the eventual shutdown of all nuclear power plants in Japan. "Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants" is a study of the Fukushima Daiichi accident. This report examines the causes of the crisis, the performance of safety systems at the plant, and the responses of its operators following the earthquake and tsunami. The report then considers the lessons that can be learned and their implications for U.S. safety and storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste, commercial nuclear reactor safety and security regulations, and design improvements. "Lessons Learned" makes recommendations to improve plant systems, resources, and operator training to enable effective ad hoc responses to severe accidents. This report's recommendations to incorporate modern risk concepts into safety regulations and improve the nuclear safety culture will help the industry prepare for events that could challenge the design of plant structures and lead to a loss of critical safety functions. In providing a broad-scope, high-level examination of the accident, "Lessons Learned" is meant to complement earlier evaluations by industry and regulators. This in-depth review will be an essential resource for the nuclear power industry, policy makers, and anyone interested in the state of U.S. preparedness and response in the face of crisis situations.
Download or read book Communication Plan for Tsunami Warning System written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tides and Tidal Phenomena written by Henry Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Physics of Tsunamis written by Boris Levin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Till the very end of the twentieth century tsunami waves (or ‘waves in a harbour’, translated from Japanese) were considered an extremely rare and exotic natural p- nomenon, originating in the ocean and unexpectedly falling upon the seaside as gigantic waves. The 26th of December 2004, when tsunami waves wiped out, in a single day, more than 250,000 human lives, mourned in many countries, turned out to be a tragic date for all mankind. The authors of this book, who have studied tsunami waves for many years, - tended it to be a systematic exposition of modern ideas concerning • The mechanisms of tsunami wave generation • The peculiarities of tsunami wave propagation in the open ocean and of how waves run-up beaches • Methods for tsunami wave registration and the operation of a tsunami warning system • The mechanisms of other catastrophic processes in the ocean related to the se- mic activity of our planet The authors considered their main goal to be the creation of book prese- ing modern knowledge of tsunami waves and of other catastrophes in the ocean to scienti?c researchers and specialists in geophysics, oceanography, seismology, hydroacoustics, geology, geomorphology, civil and seaside engineering, postgr- uate students and students of relevant professions.
