_{Thumbnail map courtesy of the Redwood Coast Tsunami Working Group. To find maps for Fort Dick, Smith River and Klamath, click here.}

Del Norters who have opted into the county’s emergency alert system will get a notification between 11 a.m. and noon Wednesday.

Coinciding with Tsunami Preparedness Week, the earthquake and tsunami drill will only involve the county’s Everbridge system, Emergency Services Manager Deborah Otenburg told county supervisors on Tuesday.

“Oftentimes we have community members say we didn’t receive the alert, you do have to be registered to receive that alert,” Otenburg said. “And there will not be sirens. This is not a live-code activation. This is not a National Weather Service putting this out. It’s just us.”

After congratulating her team, District 3 Supervisor Chris Howard mentioned efforts between Crescent City, Del Norte County and the nonprofit Kamome Foundation to receive $25,000 in Sister City International funding to host a tsunami preparedness summit. 

They expect to find out whether their grant application is successful this week, Howard said. If it is successful, the tsunami preparedness summit will be open to communities along the West Coast.

“We’ll continue to raise the bar when it comes to preparedness and, most important, recovery,” Howard said.

To find out where the tsunami zones and evacuation routes are, click here.

To sign up for Prepare Del Norte alerts, click here.