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I am on the Georgia Florida line and have seen pine tree needles stuck into the sides of pine trees from strong wind. On another occasion my brother was flooded out of his house and had to move. I myself experienced the eye of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. It's a savagely beautiful sight to witness.

If you haven't seen it, watch the documentary for the boxing day tsunami. It's a tear jerker but shows multiple perspectives of people who endured the tsunami around the Indian Ocean.

Y’all understand how tall 30 meters is? That’s 98 feet. A 98 foot wave…. Jesus

I was on a cruise along Mexico and Cali that docked in Long Beach on that day. My uncle noticed how calm the entire ocean and port went for just a few moments when we were getting off the ship. The next day we heard why 😢😮 luckily it wouldn’t have hurt the boat any, but crazy to see the ocean change like that. I’ll never forget that he spotted that and made me look

Yeah... if you ever see the tide go out that much and that quickly.... Run. Don't look back, just run. Run for the highest point. Why were people just standing there and watching the damn thing coming in like a bunch of logs standing there?!? RUN!!!!

Even off the United States Southern coast, we need to rebuild the barrier islands and the mangroves. The degradation of those barrier islands may have had a major impact on the devastation during Katrina.

I was 12 when Sandy hit. I live in central Pennsylvania, and even we were greatly affected. There is a creek going through my town, and the town itself is essentially built at the bottom of a valley. For those of you not from PA, a creek is a small river lol. The high school is built right next to the creek on one side, and the middle school on the other side. Both of them had to be evacuated due to sudden flash flooding, with kids fleeing the building as water was rushing toward them like a tsunami. The largest elementary schools were in town and both also experienced some flooding. The water rose so high that it flooded part of the high school. Dozens of people died throughout the county, and my town in particular was hit the hardest. We had military trucks rolling through our small semi rural town as the National Guard was sending aid to help evacuate and hand out food and water. The county was also essentially cut in half by this flooding, and people were stuck for days staying at friends' houses or sleeping in schools and churches. Some areas were completely cut off and the military had to deliver food by boat. All of this may not sound all that surprising during a hurricane, but bear in mind this was central Pennsylvania, we are almost 200 miles from the nearest coastline. We were not at all prepared for anything like that.

Did I miss the bit about Pakistan where they explained the effect of all those nuclear power stations in the are which are warming the climate? I'm glad they did mention the criminal deforestation which is a huge cause of catastrophic flooding in the region. It seems this flooding has far more to do with that than climate change. The area is so fertile. It could be very prosperous. The Dutch manage prosperity on a tiny swamp purely with persistence in the face of adversity and cleverness regarding land management. Removing barriers to flooding, like trees, simply should not be allowed. Same story in much of India and also Nepal (unless they've stopped) and I've heard the chainsaws have been busy in Tibet the last 4 decades too - blasting the mountains with dynamite in the Himalayas for slate probably doesn't help much either. Then everyone is surprised when there's an Earth Quake! I'm pretty sure building huge dams and putting massive bodies of water where they never used to be might have had some connection to the tsunami. Just my wondering, I don't have evidence. And it's always the most vulnerable poor people who suffer from this awful management issue. Why are these events not planned for properly? There is no need for any shortage anywhere, there is a need for good management.

Why would you build a nuclear power plant on the coast of the most earthquake active place on the planet 🤔

I just wish it didn't take a disaster for humans to work together.

After seeing the results of all this, I need to Reconnect, with God. And we all need to continue to look after our world. God bless all, who are directly and indirectly inpacked by all this. 🙏💙

Watching this makes you realize how like ants we are when it comes to the forces of nature such a tsunami, I remember seeing this on tv and my heart broke for all who were left behind it shows you life can be swept away in a second /God bless all who died and those who did so much to help those who were injured / to bury/to nurse / to comfort/ etc as it says in scripture tomorrow is not promised to any off us /be thankful for your life it is a gift x

The devastation that caused was mind boggling. Ppl was there enjoying sun and relaxing during Christmas and their whole world got turned upside down, but the poor locals lost everything, so sad.

I believe that you are missing the point regarding the failures associated with this tsunami. In United States we have done a significant amount of analysis regarding all types of hazards and nuclear facilities. We have developed a complex and highly accurate statistical model of all potential hazards for every nuclear site. The problem is that the Japanese chose to be rather arrogant regarding potential hazards. United States officials with the NRC warned Japanese officials back in the 1980s that they had not properly designed the reactor systems against all potential hazards. Using statistical mottles, it was obvious that there emergency systems were totally insufficient and their designs inadequate. For example emergency emergency electrical systems are NEVER allowed to be located below ground level. In fact re require the feedbackup system be located far above a potential flood from a 1000 your rains and 1000 year snow fields... Whichever is greater. It is absolutely absurd to locate an emergency backed up below ground level anywhere near the coastline... This negligence is far greater when one considers the high probability of a tsunami. We were totally confused as to why the Japanese chose to place their emergency backup systems below ground. This is just pure negligence. 2nd is the issue of a pressure relief system for the reactor. Since the 1960s we in the United States recognize the potential for water being disassociated at high temperatures because of the Zircoloy cladding. This would cause the pressure to increase in the reactor vessel. In response, all US PWR reactors have pressure relief systems as was demonstrated at 3 mile island. Once again it is totally absurd for the Japanese to not have a pressure relief system in the event of a LOCA (Loss of current accident)...which is exactly what occurred. If the Japanese had accepted our input on either one of these issues, the crisis could have been avoided. Worse is the fact that they are overstating the radiologic release to gain International funding. The actual greatest radiologic release from the tsunami resulted from the extensive fires and not the reactor. (Thorium released from burning organic matter.) This crisis did not occur because nuclear reactors are inherently unsafe; quite the contrary. Most of the people died because once again the Japanese officials failed or refused to acknowledge the potential height of a tsunami. A rapid statistical analysis would indicate that officials needed to design for a height of at least 15 and 20 m. [I believe that the standard of 10-E6 (The US standard for nuclear facilities.) would require a height of 20 m. Non-nuclear facilities might have a lower standard.] Most of the Japanese systems were designed for a height of only 7 to 10 m. [The nuclear reactor design obviously did not even consider a tsunami as a credible hazard which is patently absurd.] Once again this is pure negligence, arrogance, and/or incompetence. Yes, I am a retired research engineer; have engineering degrees, training, and certifications in mechanical, electrical, civil, and nuclear engineering; and have NRC NQA-1 certifications in all of the technical areas associated with this case.

My heart feels like it's breaking. I can't even imagine the pain of losing a Child or Baby. My Husband was a Police Officer and he was murdered six years ago, it almost killed me, I couldn't eat, shower nothing.... A Child, the loss of one would kill me. May God look over all and help them🕊️

Thank you for sharing this video 🙂👍

This will never stop, no matter what humans do. Mother Nature is to powerful and this is her way to cleanse the world

Despite disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima, nuclear power is still the safest and most reliable form of energy production. Chernobyl was the result of Soviet corner cutting, poor management, and even poorer design. Fukushima was the result of inadequate planning for extreme worst case scenarios. As stated in this video, officials didn't consider the possibility of such a large tsunami because it was deemed extremely improbable to occur. Also, common sense should tell you that building a nuclear power plant on the one coastline in the world that gets hit with the most earthquakes and tsunamis is a very bad idea. Even when taking these events into account, nuclear power is still safer and far more cost and material effective than other power production methods. Far more people die each year from fossil fuel collection, processing, and burning, than all total deaths from nuclear power incidents. Nuclear power plants are the solution to climate change that people ignore out of fear because they don't understand it.

Tsunamis aren’t necessarily like the movies..could be just a few feet high but billions of tons of pressure.. enough to throw a train down your street

I’ve been in shallow flood water.. it is nothing to mess with. Man it’s strength is impossible to comprehend. Even as a young strong man I was hopeless. Don’t go near this pretty looking small flow