The dashboard shows low, medium and high risk, and generates a curve based on current conditions — plus the forecast — to anticipate landslide risk up to three days into the future.
In all, there were 30 scientists and university researchers on the team. Busch said had to serve a unique purpose: to give people enough information about if and when to act.
“We looked at where the more landslide prone areas are,” Busch explained, “and what part of Sitka is really most prone to landslides. And by the way, it’s not the whole town — it’s about 10% of our community. So when the landslides first happened, everybody said, ‘Well, we’re all in a landslide zone.’ That’s not true.”
It’s still being fine-tuned. Emergency planners hope to create messaging to help residents manage landslide risk moving forward.
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