Long Term Funding

Funding

Because neither Peru or Micronesia can afford to spend money on a tsunami warning system, the funds would come from outside sources. The breakdown is as follows:

The difference in percentages of installation occurs because of the closer relationship between Micronesia and the United States than that of the United States with Peru.

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Long Term Funding

Initially, long term funding will mirror the same percentages as the creation of the system (see the above section for percentages). Over time, it would be expected that the nations themselves take on the task of maintaining their systems. The IOC/ITSU would be able to help Peru and Micronesia keep the support of other nations until they were capable of providing their own resources.

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Relief

Relief in the event of a disaster would mirror that of of the Indian Ocean tsunami, after accounting for the difference in regional local. This primarily means that Australia would not provide as much relief as it did in that instance. Due to the lag time between any incident and the time when international support can arrive, local depots of supplies would be kept and maintained by the national governments. The national governments would be in charge of securing international supplies and handling NGO's as well.

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Reason to Participate

There are several reasons for nations to participate and provide funds. The first is the increased amount of international cooperation and the development of stronger ties with other nations. For those nations who would be providing funds, they would also gain more influence in Micronesia and Peru, which they could recall later when they needed a favor.

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Structure

The structure of the system would build upon that which is already in place within the countries. Each nation would develop an organization dealing only in the tsunami warning network. It would be the responsibility of this organization to monitor the system and conduct any repairs that would be needed. They would also develop emergency plans with emergency agencies in case of a tsunami event.

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Warning System

The warning system would be independent from the Pacific system. If the Pacific system registered an event, the PTWC would contact both nations with the notification. If the national systems registered the event first, the nations would trigger their own alarms and the notify the PTWC so that the word could be passed on to other areas. All that would be needed for an event to trigger a warning would be for a buoy to trip in that area. The signal would then activate the evacuation system as it passes to the national authorities.

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Included Organizations

The national systems would be fully independent and no organizations would be consolidated in this plan.

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