Government Agencies Falter in Alaska Earthquake Response, Exposing Gaps in National Preparedness

After a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake rocked the coast of Alaska near Sand Point, Americans were left questioning whether our government agencies are truly prepared to safeguard national security from natural catastrophes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), responsible for issuing timely tsunami warnings, initially issued an alert but then quickly downgraded it to a mere advisory—causing confusion about the severity of the threat. Is America’s Disaster Warning System Keeping Us Safe? As the tremors struck roughly 80 kilometers south of Sand Point, NOAA first sounded an alarm warning residents across southern Alaska and its peninsula of an impending...