As the world grieves over the catastrophic loss of humanity from
the 26 December 2004 tsunami, we must resolve to learn from
nature's lessons. This issue provides a framework and a set of
tools to develop communities that are resilient to tsunami. This
collection of papers represents a starting point on our new journey
toward a safer world. The history of tsunami hazard mitigation
tracks well with the history of destructive tsunamis in the United
States. Following the 1946 Alaska g- erated tsunami that killed 173
people in Hawaii, the Paci?c Tsunami Warning Center was established
in Hawaii by a predecessor agency to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Following the 1960 Chilean
tsunami that killed 1,000 people in Chile, 61 in Hawaii, and 199 in
Japan, the United States formed the Joint Tsunami Research E?ort
(JTRE) and sta?ed the International Tsunami Information Center
(ITIC) in Hawaii. JTRE was formed to conduct research on tsunamis
while ITIC, sponsored by the United Nations, was formed to
coordinate tsunami warning e?orts of the Paci?c Countries. Many
research and mitigation e?orts were focused on the distant tsunami
problem. Following the 1964 Alaskan t- nami that killed 117 in
Alaska, 11 in California, and 4 in Oregon, the U. S. was confronted
with the local tsunami problem. In response, the U. S. established
the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska. In 1992, a Ms
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