Mission Control needs
you! Protect the men, women, and children on beautiful Montserrat
Island. Form emergency response teams. Plan. Prepare. Live the
mission
STEP 2:
Apply now. Write a cover
letter, complete a resume, design a mission patch. If mission
control accepts your proposal, your class will be scheduled for
a mission.
STEP 3:
Is Mt. Pinatubo volcano
like Montserrat’s? Examine seismic data. Make predictions. Watch
out for lahars, pyroclastic flows, and exploding tephra!
STEP 4:
An Atlantic Ocean storm
cell forms. Is it another Hurricane Georges? Will 150 mph gusts
rake the sleepy town of Plymouth? Math helps forecast the path
of destruction.
STEP 5:
As you walk the crystal
white Caribbean beaches, do you feel the tremors? Can peaceful
Montserrat Island survive nature’s violence? What is your emergency
plan?
STEP 6:
Data tells stories.
Data helps predict the future. Data, graphs, charts, and rapid
information flow. Emergency response experts organize for the
big day.
STEP 7:
Communicate, coordinate,
and meet the challenge. The Internet lifeline links your Emergency
Response Teams to Mission Control and a Caribbean island under
siege.
STEP 8:
Wrap-it-up! Did your
Emergency Response Teams succeed? Did the volcano erupt? Did the
hurricane hit the island? Are the men, women, and children of
Montserrat safe?
e-Mission:
Operation Montserrat is based on a real historical event. The volcano
on the normally tranquil island of Montserrat has come to life.
As flaming pebbles and lava begin their devastation, emergency response
teams learn a hurricane is approaching. Using real-time hurricane
and seismic data, teams of student specialists assist Mission Control
in saving the residents from certain destruction
