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• An 18-foot rogue wave flooded the parked cars of <br /> sunbathers on Daytona Beach without warning in <br /> 1992. This event, called a meteorological tsunami <br /> (or meteotsunami), was a tsunami-like wave <br /> phenomenon of meteorological origin. Tsunamis <br /> and meteotsunamis propagate in the water in the <br /> same way and have the same coastal dynamics. <br /> For an observer on the coast where it strikes, the <br /> two types would look the same and have the <br /> same impacts. Research is currently underway to <br /> better understand these events, with the goal of <br /> developing a protocol for issuing meteotsunami <br /> warnings along the U.S. coast. <br /> Extent. Due to the low probability of occurrence, this hazard <br /> will not be fully profiled. <br /> Vulnerability Assessment. Tsunami events occur most often <br /> in the Pacific Ocean, but they are a global phenomenon and all <br /> are potentially dangerous, though they may not damage every <br /> coastline they strike. Analyzing the past 150 years of tsunami <br /> records shows that the most frequent and destructive tsunamis <br /> to affect the U.S. have occurred along the coasts of California, <br /> Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii. <br /> However, the State of Florida is located within the Caribbean <br /> area, and over the past 156 years, the Caribbean has <br /> experienced more total tsunami events, which have ultimately <br /> resulted in over 2,500 deaths. Overall, Florida has experienced <br /> few destructive tsunami or rogue wave events, but there were <br /> several small events. <br /> In 2012, The National Weather Service designated Indian <br /> River County as the first county in the state of Florida to be <br /> named TsunamiReady. The TsunamiReady program <br /> encourages communities to take a proactive approach to <br /> developing and implementing local tsunami plans and <br /> expanding public awareness in partnership with their local <br /> National Weather Service office. Although the chances of a <br /> tsunami impacting the east coast of Florida are extremely <br /> remote, computer modeling for a large tsunami originating from <br /> the Puerto Rico trench could inundate Indian River County <br /> beaches. The most significant impact of a tsunami would be <br /> Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 58 <br />