Review of the Tsunami Evacuation 2017
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Notification title changed to include “land threat” but does not clarify <strong>the</strong> need to continue to<br />
move inland or to higher ground.<br />
6:57am Text alert received by CCC staff directing <strong>the</strong>m to check email – “National Warning#8 <strong>Tsunami</strong> -<br />
Threat to Marine, Beach and Land Areas”<br />
7am Media release by CCC advising people who live outside <strong>the</strong> evacuation areas in <strong>the</strong> city can begin<br />
to make <strong>the</strong>ir way home<br />
7:04am Telephone to re whe<strong>the</strong>r Waimak DC still sounding sirens<br />
7:23am<br />
Text alert received by CCC staff directing <strong>the</strong>m to check email – “NCMC Sitrep #001 for Hanmer<br />
Springs EQ & <strong>Tsunami</strong> event issued at 07:15 hours, 14 November 2016”.<br />
7:28am Text message to (District Operations Manager, Christchurch Police) re Local<br />
Controller has heard that Police are pulling out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cordons controlling <strong>the</strong> evacuation zones.<br />
Is this correct? “We still need to keep folk out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se areas until MCDEM have given <strong>the</strong> all<br />
clear”. Followed by telephone discussion with<br />
who advised he had received<br />
direction from Police District Commander that <strong>the</strong> evacuation was no longer require. Confirmed<br />
that Police would be available to assist with traffic management <strong>of</strong> residents returning to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
homes once sirens were turned <strong>of</strong>f.<br />
7:59am Text alert received by CCC staff directing <strong>the</strong>m to check email – “National Warning#9 <strong>Tsunami</strong> -<br />
Threat to Marine and Beach Areas”<br />
8am Email received by CDEM Duty Officer re “National Warning#9: <strong>Tsunami</strong> – Threat to Marine and<br />
Beach Areas” advising “MCDEM has issued a tsunami warning (marine and beach threat) from<br />
Napier to north Dunedin, Cook Straight coastal areas and The Chatham Islands. Please see map<br />
attached for affected areas. The threat for all o<strong>the</strong>r regions has been lifted. All previous threat<br />
regions will experience unusually strong currents for some time. Areas under “Marine and Beach<br />
Threat’ can expect unusually strong currents and unpredictable water flows near <strong>the</strong> shore. This<br />
means a threat to beach, harbour, estuary and small boat activities. The severity <strong>of</strong> currents and<br />
changing water flows will vary within a particular coastal area and over <strong>the</strong> period this warning<br />
is in effect. Current assessments indicate that coastal inundation (flooding in land areas near <strong>the</strong><br />
MCDEM issued<br />
text<br />
PIM<br />
CDEM<br />
National Crisis<br />
Management<br />
Centre<br />
John Mackie,<br />
CDEM Local<br />
Controller<br />
MCDEM issued<br />
text<br />
National<br />
Controller,<br />
MCDEM issued<br />
email<br />
Screen shot <strong>of</strong> text from<br />
mobile phone<br />
Copy <strong>of</strong> media release<br />
subject line “Update:7am”<br />
Mobile phone records<br />
supplied by Spark<br />
Interview with<br />
Interview with<br />
Screen shot <strong>of</strong> text from<br />
mobile phone<br />
Screen shot <strong>of</strong> text from<br />
John Mackie’s phone<br />
Interview with John Mackie<br />
Screen shot <strong>of</strong> text from<br />
mobile phone<br />
Interview with<br />
Interview with<br />
Copy <strong>of</strong> email subject line:<br />
“National Warning#9:<br />
<strong>Tsunami</strong> – Threat to<br />
Marine and Beach Areas”<br />
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