I’m sharing this video clip from the January 26, 2005 House Science Committee Hearing for the Tsunami Warning Act. In the 7 minutes of this clip, you’ll see how the Chair, Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), poses question to the NWS Director, General David Johnson, on proposed spending for tsunami education. This short exchange from 19 years ago highlights why we need to continue funding of the NTHMP for state-lead tsunami education.

Some of the captions were inserted by me a number of years ago when this threat of a funding cut from NOAA was at play and I shared this clip for the same reasons as now.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?185289-1/us-tsunami-warning-system