One of the first things we try to do as outreach coordinators is to coordinate all available information. This information seems to be scattered about the intarwebz or locked away in someone’s head. So I decided to create this blog so people can start conversations on tsunami outreach and education, and anything at least tangentially related to tsunami education and outreach.
While general outreach methods might be tried and true, it is when we try to apply them to tsunamis that things begin to get a bit sticky. Even after the 2004 Asian Tsunami, people still have a hard time wrapping their head around the possibility of it happening to “them.”
So, what works for you? What was a glorious success or a dismal failure? (Don’t worry, we won’t point and laugh) Sometimes it seems a shame we can’t use whackity sticks and just “learn” some folks, but as my grand-daddy always said, “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him think.”
We are spread out over many states and countries, but we all have the same goal… saving lives through education. This is a place to make contact and generate ideas in an informal setting.
