Tsunami Pic
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I heard that they knew it was coming, and many even flocked to the beach to watch it, then realized all too late exactly how big it was. Anyone know what the toll is up to now? The video from Phucket (I love that name) beach kinda shows how big this was, it was the one with the guys camming it from the roof of their hotel.
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Originally Posted by ambassador_josh' date='Jan 7 2005, 12:32 PM
I heard that they knew it was coming, and many even flocked to the beach to watch it, then realized all too late exactly how big it was. Anyone know what the toll is up to now? The video from Phucket (I love that name) beach kinda shows how big this was, it was the one with the guys camming it from the roof of their hotel.
phuket is pronounced poo-ket
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Saw a new video today of some little kid sitting on the beach as the wave came in. He was probably only 5 or so years old and only stood up as it was about to hit him. There was so much water rushing in it just consumed him, very sad to see.
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Originally Posted by ThirdGenRX7' date='Jan 7 2005, 11:36 AM
videos I seen had smart people running the wave out, those that stood there seen it coming, then went out with it
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hey dakmis obviously the wave is coming in not going out lol. but anyways its a pchop look at the white spray. but a few people were all yelling tsunami when they saw the tide go out. those people survived.
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Originally Posted by phinsup' date='Jan 7 2005, 05:26 AM
My understanding of a tsunami is that the wave itself is not that big height, but in width, like a mile wide. So where a normal wave, breaks, then recedes, the tsunami wave breaks and keeps pushing forward before recieding.
Storm surge, like from a hurricane would be more likely to have a wall of water like that.
Storm surge, like from a hurricane would be more likely to have a wall of water like that.
no way. storm surge is like a tidal wave. It isn't very violent, it just keeps rising. Its almost like the tide fogot to stop rising.
When hurricane George came here a few years back I was on the water in Biloxi. It came into the yard about 5 feet deep. It was bad. But it was gradual.
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