Covid19 and other biological threats facing the u. S. Good morning. Welcome to the hearing [inaudible] emerging threats and capabilities. In a moment in accordance with house rules and relations the host will mute all participants other than german [inaudible] and all participants are asked to keep themselves muted when not actively engaging in the discussion which should help limit echoes and other asruptions. When the yield back i do not renumber to retweet themselves others will doo so to limitit efforts and background audio background audio. Members and witnesses are responsible for unwitting himself anytime they wish to w e heard. It may take a few seconds for your microphone to be t unmated. If you are on the computer you can view the timer by reaching your personal view in the upper right corner of your screen for the active speaker and you can also pin the timer by right clicking or hovering your cursor over the timer and pressing that contact icon. With that, we are ready to b
Tsunamis deadly waves that have the power to destroy entire cities in a matter of moments. There was little Public Awareness about them until december 26th 2004. That was the day a gigantic tsunami in the indian ocean killed more than 250000 people images illustrating the pools of these natural phenomenon shocked the world. 7 years later in 2011 a Nuclear Power plant in fukushima japan exploded after being engulfed by an earthquake generated tsunami. Since these tragedies scientists rushed to the scene redoubling efforts to determine what causes these killer waves. Because that knowledge can save lives its clear that tsunamis can strike any region. The planet open eyes ation has made coastal communities even more vulnerable. Than Tsunami Research protects them. To hate. It was doing a. Half. On friday september 28th 2018 an earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated an area of the bay of palu on the indonesian island of slow way sea. Within minutes 4000 people lost their lives 79000 o
Investigation continues at the Tsunami Monitoring Center in the indonesian capital jakarta. This control tower monitors seismic activity across indonesia including the bay of power loom. Seismologists here can detect any undersea earthquake in real time advanced algorithms allow them to simulate the formation of a tsunami and warn coastal communities before the 1st wave hits since its introduction in 2008 the system has issued 22 alerts saving countless lives. Why then did palu fail to receive a warning on september 28th 2018. Qian poor innocent he was the seismologist on g t that night i guess that. The earthquake in palo registered a magnitude of 7 for 2 minutes then just afterward the magnitude rose to 7. 7. I instantly ran to the top table where we simulate tsunamis yet the media modeling tsunami the center in jakarta registered an earthquake 80 kilometers north of palm bay early in the evening. And the epicenter is here. And heres palo. According to the simulation the tsunami risk
We get topher meteorologist lisa argen with a look at the fire conditions were seeing as well. Good morning to you. We have plenty of fog out there, if theres any good news, the low clouds, the fog, the marine layer is with us this morning but that will abruptly change throughout the afternoon, as we get into i awind advisory, 4 00 through 11 00 on monday. Northeasterly winds 20 to 35 miles an hour, will be at the surface, with gusts near 50 miles an hour, could even be higher. Were looking at the possibility of downed trees and power lines and 8 00 tonight, were looking at our red flag warning going into effect for all the lower elevations in the valley floors. Now t will be 11 00 in the north bay mountains and east bay hills and here winds gusting to 70 miles an hour with relative humidity below 5 . Were certainly gearing up for that right now. It is 58 degrees in walnut creek as well as pleasant hill, relative humidity not a problem. 63 in oakland. 53 in santa rosa. It is warmer. We
It means Power Outages could look like this. Take a look. Pg es Public Safety power shutoffs could kick in for the areas you see in orange in just a matter of hours. Good morning again, everybody. Its sunday, october 25th. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. We have complete coverage of Power Outages and what you need to know about them but were also tlracking the fire danger. We get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at the conditions. Good morning. Abruptly things will change this afternoon. Right now things are fine, winds are light. Theres a lot of fog out there, relative humidity is high and were looking for this abrupt change as a dry cold front moves into the bay area. So by 4 00, the valleys will be under a wind advisory. This is going to last until 11 00 on monday. Northeasterly winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. The gusts could exceed 50 miles an hour and we have weakened trees from the drought out there and also from fires, those could be coming down due to the win