Ground Breaking Ceremony Held for New Alaska Tsunami Center

Ground is broken for the new West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, AK. Joining in the April 26, 2002, event were, from left to right, Rich Przywarty, Director, NWS Alaska Region; Dave Liebersbach, Director, Alaska Division of Emergency Services; Marie Nash, Chief of Staff for Senator Ted Stevens' Anchorage office; Timothy Anderson, Mayor of Matanuska-Susitna Borough; Tom Sokolowski, Geophysicist in Charge of the Center; and Jim Cooper, Mayor of the City of Palmer.