Cultural awareness is the ability and willingness to objectively examine the values, beliefs, traditions and perceptions within our own and other cultures. At the most basic level, it is the ability to walk in someone else's shoes in terms of his or her cultural origins.
The largest historic tsunami happened in 1958 when a landslide fell into a fjord in Lituya Bay in Alaska, he says. That one generated a wave 30 metres high.. That mega-tsunami claimed only five lives because of the remoteness of the area, and is legendary because of the freak survival of a father and son fishing. Their boat was carried up and over land and forest and deposited unharmed in the ocean on the other side. ^ to top.
A tsunami is a series of ocean waves generated by sudden displacements in the sea floor, landslides, or volcanic activity. In the deep ocean, the tsunami wave may only be a few inches high. The tsunami wave may come gently ashore or may increase in height to become a fast moving wall of turbulent water several meters high. Although a tsunami cannot be prevented, the impact of a tsunami can be mitigated through community preparedness, timely warnings, and effective response. NOAA has primary responsibility for providing tsunami warnings to the Nation, and a leadership role in tsunami observations and research.