It may sound morbid, but if you watch the Minamisanriku footages, you will get a good eye measure of how high you have to climb for survival. And of course choose a concrete building or hill, not a wooden building.
I have not see this recording until now, it is amazing the height from sea floor to the top of the sea walls, and the speed that each set flowed over the previous waves. I thought that this section of the sea wall would hold the sea but the last surge simply ran over and swamped everything. Still the sea wall seemed to hold and must have held millions and millions of tonnes of sea water for a short time, to allow some people to escape. RIP to all those lost 😞
@kayeagustinVLOG3 жыл бұрын
imagine is there is no levee ( wall ) the first impact would be hard to escape and more wave is coming
@Plethorality2 жыл бұрын
yes, the speed and the noise is quite shocking!
@sweettrubble46352 жыл бұрын
This is one that I have not seen, either. That is a bunch of water. And there were places where it was snowing, also.
@radioactivepotato2068 Жыл бұрын
@@kayeagustinVLOG. I imagine it'd be like Sanriku 1896. An 8.5 magnitude earthquake hit ninety miles offshore in the Japan trench, so there was little feeling of it onshore and not much expectation of a tsunami. This was thirty years before any preventive measures were in place for such an event. It was early evening, around half past seven and many people were at the beach celebrating the return of troops from the 1894 war with China and also an annual festival. They were completely unaware and unguarded against what was creeping in upon them. At the point of high tide, it hit the shore, receded and returned five minutes later, reaching up to thirty eight meters, it crushed everything. As opposed to death by drowning as you'd expect with a tsunami, many of the dead had injuries you'd see more in victims of fatal traffic collisions. They didn't stand a chance.
@user-jc3wp7kz2p3 жыл бұрын
青森にも津波は来ていたんですね、津波のニュースは岩手と宮城しかやらなかったので知りませんでした。
@snufkin22823 жыл бұрын
同感です。
@user-tr1mz2xj9h8 жыл бұрын
最後階段登って前向いた時にはもう津波が来てた。間一髪だな
@Battleship0098 жыл бұрын
+ HEAVEN and EARTH actually a tsunami compromised of more than one wave.
That last minute is some of the most incredible footage ever.
@joshuagriffiths5703 жыл бұрын
It is.
@antonystringfellow51523 жыл бұрын
Just as I was thinking, "At least it didn't breach the wall" thinking it was about to start receding.
@carlmclemore61043 жыл бұрын
I wonder what happened to the van, and it's driver.
@crucialtaunt57173 жыл бұрын
@@carlmclemore6104 I'm pretty sure the outcome wasn't a good one.
@rustypadlock51293 жыл бұрын
Very reckless of his to stay there if not stupid.
@nutsmcflurry37373 жыл бұрын
Is there a longer version of this footage? I remember watching this days after the quake and always wondered about the photographer and his companion, and the poor van driver on the bridge.
Raw video showing the sheer power of an unstoppable Tsunami. The compulsion to film, or to run must have been overwhelming.
@user-pd6vq6ys5k3 жыл бұрын
津波の動画を取ってる人逃げようとか思わなかったのかな
@sonny94933 жыл бұрын
Run. All day long
@TheClaptonisgod13 жыл бұрын
@@sonny9493 Wouldn't have filmed it. You wouldn't have seen it. So you wouldn't have spent a moment of your life watching it. And you couldn't have commented on it. And I couldn't have seen your comment. So basically, this cameraman has brought us together. Darling. ❤
@sonny94933 жыл бұрын
@@TheClaptonisgod1 Marry me?
@TheClaptonisgod13 жыл бұрын
@@sonny9493 I'm on my way. I shall arrive by noon.
In the old Japanese paintings of a Tsunami I always wondered why the water was so black - now we know why. And the exaggerated crashing waves were just the artist interpretation of when the waves hit the rocks and crash 20-30 meters into the air. They were more accurate than maybe we gave them credit for.
@infamouschris86073 жыл бұрын
Omg. I don't think the cameraman didn't have a second longer. Extreme footage of a nightmare.
@SS31JP12 жыл бұрын
6:00過ぎには落ち着いたかと思ったらここからがすごかった・・・。
@Qtip4312 жыл бұрын
you know his heart had to be thumping hard.... still amazing footage.. thanks..
@johnedwards16853 жыл бұрын
I simply do not have the words to express my profound sorrow for the victims of this monstrous tidal wave.
@letsgetstoned47192 жыл бұрын
....it's a tsunami. ...
@Leehensman2 жыл бұрын
All these years on I'm still lost for words
@meangreen73893 жыл бұрын
Towards the end of the vid I was already starting to hold my breath. To feel nature’s raw power through this vid is nothing compared to what this person, who captured this with his/her camera, witnessed first hand. Belated but sincere condolences for those who suffered through this event.
@jeffgallant6493 жыл бұрын
Whoever it was they stop filming at the best part
@JeddieT3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffgallant649 ...Yes, the video stopped right at the climatic peak! Leaving us all in suspense. I understand he lived through this horror, badly shaken but okay. Too bad he didn’t tape the conclusion.
@Dual9713 жыл бұрын
It can be a danger too as the water can top over.
@Eleventhearlofmars Жыл бұрын
@@jeffgallant649 best part for you, maybe not for him. Selfish talk. Be glad the guy had the balls to film anything in that situation. 🙈🙄
@davidmayhew48186 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. So deceptive. The speed at which it escalates is staggerring. Hopefully the world will never forget the power of this phenomenon. And how deadly it can be.
@mattlloyd90545 жыл бұрын
Sadly just like the ones before i guarantee they are rebuilding in the same spot for this to take place again someday. Its like the city of new orleans when's it gonna return to the swamp it once was lol again? Hell i unknowingly moved on to the side of a giant sinkhole along with all my neighbors but i can say if the earth eats my house I'm gone i will not rebuild here no matter if they say its stable or not or no matter how much money ill lose by doing so. You'd think its common sense but i think so called they have dumbed us all down to the point logic is gone!
@hailjigglypuff47715 жыл бұрын
They look just like ordinary waves until the very end... which is terrifying!
@harryberry4743 жыл бұрын
@@hailjigglypuff4771 "Ordinary" waves don't overtop breakwaters, which these first waves did. Then at least 4 more sets of waves each bigger than the last.
@Birdbike7193 жыл бұрын
Fortunately 9.0 earthquakes are rare. That's what caused this massive tsunami. And why it was so deceptive. A lesser earthquake wouldn't have created such a huge tsunami and doubtful it would have breached seawall.
@haitolawrence59863 жыл бұрын
@@mattlloyd9054 The Japanese are a clever, resilient people. They've already rebuilt stronger and smarter in the aftermath.
that sea wall held up great. even if it got overwhelmed, it bough precious time for others.
@Random-JustAnother2 жыл бұрын
Exactly it's purpose
@sroberts6053 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable footage - it's really hard to comprehend the magnitude until you see it
@cynthiamartin70284 жыл бұрын
I still thank god he climbed those stair and lived to publish the most incredible thing I've EVER seen.
@user-mt8cg4tn3p7 жыл бұрын
最後の決壊するところほんまに危なかったです。。
@Zarcondeegrissom3 жыл бұрын
situational awareness, something the mainstream media lose all the time when they get tunnel vision of something way off in the distance only to miss the thing about to run over the camera crew. at least this fella zoomed back out on occasion so we could get a hint of what we missed when the camera was near max-zoom. the steadiness of the shot of the water going over the wall at the end is also incredible compared to some other vids. I've watched a lot of vids, and I'm still not sure anyone can grasp what it was like to be there looking at an oncoming 16+meter tsunami, horrifying doesn't begin to describe it. Much respects.
@marcom60893 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t have said it better myself. 🙌🏼
@gekiroku.danjiri.fighter3 жыл бұрын
奥入瀬湾は特殊型ワンドといって波が陸に上がりにくい地形になってるから被害が少なかったと思われますね
@bdis8913 жыл бұрын
Wow this footage is amazing. I remember back before 2004 when footage of tsunami's were actually pretty scarce. Now with our techonolgy today, we are ready to shoot footage at all times.
@Fk67Lg4 жыл бұрын
I would just love to shoot a tsunami. All they ever do is cause damage and kill innocent peoples. Dumbass waves...
The cameraman was survived. He re-uploaded this footage with his comments on it. According to the comments, he thought about his wife Mitsuko when he was filming this, feeling this was the last moment of his life and saying thanks for supporting him all the time and apology for his selfish behavior to her in his mind.
@CampingforCool413 жыл бұрын
@@Petey194 seriously what is wrong with you? This tsunami killed thousands and this is what you say?
@jccuchvjvj3 жыл бұрын
What else he can say now. He obviously did not afraid for his life and did not think about his wife because he was filming at lower floor until he got his feet wet🙃
@FurnitureFan3 жыл бұрын
@@Petey194 You should try filming in an earthquake sometime.
@emilyl10943 жыл бұрын
@@Petey194 I guess you need to be in his shoes in order to experience and film such a sad and traumatic disaster. Then we shall see if your video loaded on YT is steady, sharp and well recorded with live reporting if possible.
@MOSSFEEN3 жыл бұрын
@@Petey194 Fuck off ya TROLL
@motioyu16329 жыл бұрын
What’s important is evacuating to the nearest hill or building and do not approach shore, when the sea level suddenly moves down because that is a signal telling us huge tsunami coming. This black wave reminds me of a nightmare. I'm now surprised that this comment I posted 6 yrs ago had been read by many people.
@jpkjnn67334 жыл бұрын
Same.. That black wave surging, always surging, more every time you think it's peaked. Terrifying.
@jimnorthland29034 жыл бұрын
You take the nearest building....I'll head for a hill.
@mjmtaiwan3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your useful advice. I’m sure no one ever thought of it before.
@cjb80103 жыл бұрын
@@mjmtaiwan many did not. There are plenty of pictures from Thailand showing people going to the water’s edge as it continued to recede - not knowing the receding water was the first warning of a tsunami.
@andyfoxy31403 жыл бұрын
When you first see the wave, try to fit in a bukkake party before evacuation
@srshiroma13 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! It's impressive how the sea level raised so quickly! And what a brave cameraman! The waves almost got him! That was so close!
@Sprawl1GuitarMan2 жыл бұрын
I gotta say…I definitely wouldn’t have gotten this footage! Strength and honour to this man who calmly filmed as his world was being washed away 😔
@i.m.demarco23242 жыл бұрын
Im silently screaming; " run man....!."... But this footage was vital to understand the raw power and devastation.... I cannot imagine how frightening this must be....
@user-mg2pp6ie6x Жыл бұрын
以前のコメントを見ていくと、撮影してる方たちは水門を閉めるために来て逃げ場がなくなったようです。 その中でもカメラを回し続けた勇気はすごいと思う。 Cameraman didn't go to the seaside and shoot footage out of curiosity. They went to this place to close the sluice gate so that tsunami wouldn't go up the river, and as a result, they lost escape route.
@bxpress6507 Жыл бұрын
Yes you are right my friend..it was obvious they were trapped..the truck took refuge at highest place on road..he had nothing to do but film the catastrophe😕my heart goes out to all the souls who were not fortunate on 3/11
@bogoff9913 жыл бұрын
hope you and family are safe after this, you do a great job on days like this. hope you country recovers quickly and there is not too many lives lost. thanks for interesting video
The power of nature. Unstoppable! How long did the cameraman have to wait to be rescued?
@IstasPumaNevada3 жыл бұрын
The water in a place that close to the ocean would not have stayed high for very long, only a few minutes for each wave, and the waves probably mostly subsided within an hour or two, judging by other videos I've seen of the event. Unless it pooled behind seawalls, but they did not look very high there. Now, navigating the debris after the water receded could be a different matter.
@glendabennett28553 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@supernaturewee54423 жыл бұрын
At the end it looked like a blanket of silt going over that corner to the land. It was pushing so much mud it was barely liquid!
@kolakush50922 жыл бұрын
Хотелось поверить что у оператора были крылья ,как у птиц вначале?
Thank you, brave cameraman and your comrade(s)! Hope all is good with you all.
@noneofyourbeeswax013 жыл бұрын
Brave? Damn stupid is what I call it.
@thewarriorwithin74153 жыл бұрын
Insane. But hey, you got the shot!
@whitewolf29073 жыл бұрын
I feel like that was probably the safest spot and he knew he was safe. Who ever designed that seawall, designed that tower to withhold against a tsunami.
@roxyviola33103 жыл бұрын
@@noneofyourbeeswax01 selfless not brave then 🤷♀️ he stayed to close the water gate so the water wouldn’t rush into the river and cause more damage to the city. By the time he got the gate closed he didn’t have time to outrun the monster wave so he stuck it out there capturing what he thought was his last moments alive thinking of his wife Misuko ( I think that was her name). So Hero I guess is a better word than brave. Buuuutttt if I didn’t know that story I would think stupid as well lol
@noneofyourbeeswax013 жыл бұрын
@@roxyviola3310 Thanks for that context, it's rather more understandable
@noneofyourbeeswax013 жыл бұрын
Standing on a harbour wall to film a tsunami. Sure, what could go wrong?
@Bunkerjudge3 жыл бұрын
You would have complained ifd he was further away. 😑
@alexandrossanidas52053 жыл бұрын
@@Bunkerjudge nope sir :-)
@mysunshineisturningintoabl23073 жыл бұрын
Why being so soft??? He is already at the safest place
@emilyl10943 жыл бұрын
Someone commented that he was a gate keeper there but couldn't evacuate in time as the waves came in very fast. Good thing he could go to a higher ground or else he would be swept away.
@noneofyourbeeswax013 жыл бұрын
@@emilyl1094 Yes I saw, and I have to say that it does rather change the context tp learn he wasn't just foolishly ignoring warnings in order to get better cameraphone shots for his social media but was in fact desperately trying to shut flood gates to limit the damage to the town and thus his peril was through selflessness and not mere stupidity. I hadn't actually been aware that the structure he was at is actually designed to be a secure post when a tsunami arrives.
Gracias Galicia, ojalá no haya desgracia en tu tierra.
@63hakaider203 жыл бұрын
Gracias desde españa Diez años después del tsunami, Japón se ha recuperado considerablemente.
@nengvika46533 жыл бұрын
Tolong aku nyempil disini wkwk
@user-pu1qj7pw7w5 жыл бұрын
最後めちゃくちゃ怖い...。 俺なら死を覚悟する。 やはり最後は撮影続行は無理だったかな。
@Delta2D23 жыл бұрын
I cannot begin to imagine the emotions that went through your mind in the last 3 minutes. I just hope you survived and your family also. この3分間にあなたの心を通り抜けた感情を想像することはできません。 あなたが生き残って、あなたの家族も生き残ったことを願っています 🙏🏻
@ravsinghrajput21053 жыл бұрын
He had to, otherwise how would this video survive 😄
@Delta2D23 жыл бұрын
@@ravsinghrajput2105 I hear what you’re saying. There are a few of these videos where the film survived, but unfortunately the camera operator and those around them didn’t. You have to admire how they preserved this event on film for us. I don’t think there was anything like it documented so well before.
This camera-man had the balls to take the video, *up close and personal.* Everytime he was taking steps up the ramp sounded like in the movies when you are chased by a Tyrannosaurus *(T-Rex)*
@ravsinghrajput21053 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile my heart goes out to *our* lost ones in Japan They are our ppl from different country...
@osamabinladen8243 жыл бұрын
@@ravsinghrajput2105 I agree
@user-ji3us1ld3q3 жыл бұрын
第2波の迫力がやばい 洒落にならん怖さやわ
@user-gq3hd3hz1g3 жыл бұрын
最初より高いのがきてるのか、またきたから水量が増したのか
@ibumushi12 жыл бұрын
おいらせ町行った事あるからショックだ・・・青森もこんなに凄かったんだ
@psycho19176 жыл бұрын
もうこんな事、二度と起こって欲しくない………ほんとに。
@gedungisphoopnuchle91213 жыл бұрын
One of the best videos of this tragic event I have seen 😢
@tsteak12752 жыл бұрын
Tsunamis are so insane, you see the waves at the beach and you hope it’ll slow down but it just doesn’t stop coming and just like that it wipes a city. Respect to all the people that had to experience 2011.3.11 and condolences for the lives and families that unfortunately passed away in this tragic event.
@Diana_L.2 жыл бұрын
Well, an earthquake can set a lot of water in motion. It's as if somebody tipped over Lake Michigan, and the whole lake flowed out over Illinois and Wisconsin.
Que impactantea las imágenes, un tsunami es realmente aterrador. Japón y Chile lo saben los países más sísmicos. Un abrazo a toda esa gente que sobrevivió para contarlo. Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱🇯🇵
That gentleman seems calm, watching such incredible event
@vivianescoccia11043 жыл бұрын
He was stupid
@luciobesici40893 жыл бұрын
@@vivianescoccia1104 What he would have done? To fly...??
@Ixyon772 жыл бұрын
@@vivianescoccia1104 No he wasn't... He was probably living in the area and knew the water will always flooding down the hill. He was probably on the safer spot of the harbor... On the other hand he probably lost everything in this tragedy so if that vid could helped him to make a little bit of money... Believe me I live in Japan and Japanese people are far more smarter than you might think...
@mr.yellowguitar54023 жыл бұрын
what happened to him? please someone tell..massive respect to him to stay on recording the most outrageous moment in his life
@AlexandreLimaBR13 жыл бұрын
Terrível o que aconteceu no Japão, nem posso imaginar isso aqui. Espero que os irmãos japoneses consigam se recuperar o mais rápido possível desta tragédia e desejo força para as famílias das vítimas. O Japão precisando de ajuda e o Brasil podendo ajudar, tenho certeza que nós ajudaremos no que for preciso também. O Japão é uma grande nação, com um grande povo e vai se recuperar com certeza. Sucessos e tudo de bom ao povo japonês. Abraços.
@Marcelo1945able3 жыл бұрын
Isso aqui ? Já chegou sim...a covid 19 é um tsunami que já matou 154 mil ...
@HeadSeverino3 жыл бұрын
@@Marcelo1945able O que a rede globo não faz na mente das pessoas... ?
@MrCookiehaha3 жыл бұрын
Game over i'm not portuguese
@marcelao76912 жыл бұрын
@@HeadSeverino já morreram 620 mil, é tudo mentira da globo? kkkk
@immortalgaming-re-uploads38382 жыл бұрын
@@marcelao7691 yea, pretty much life is a lie at this point of the pandemic
@MrTingrag4 жыл бұрын
Kudos to whoever was filming this! Brave or crazy, it's because of these people, we get to see this power up close! RIP to all those who lost they're lives!
@dan_hitchman0072 жыл бұрын
Crazy. He was too caught up in getting footage, and could have had his escape route cut off. You stop filming in these situations and you run like hell.
@MrTingrag2 жыл бұрын
@@dan_hitchman007 i would of definately!..but as i commented,we get to see footage like this because they didn't..mad as it may be.
@user-lj4nh4tn9v3 жыл бұрын
Потрясающее и жуткое буйство стихии. Черная океанская вода, интенсивно переливающаяся через дамбу в финальной части, выглядит зловеще.
@angelfire679 ай бұрын
In watching so many of these videos in the 12-1/2 years since this happened, I never fail to be amazed how such an innocent-looking wave at first seems so harmless but then shows its true power.
@zeroeight88696 жыл бұрын
これ凄いな。誰が撮影したんだろ?本当間一髪
@user-ps9xw9kp2l3 жыл бұрын
水門を閉めに来た市の職員だそうです
@emmaathome29025 жыл бұрын
This video just shows how high the sea level came up, such power and force!
@zarbonida4 жыл бұрын
Ei ma unni scurdammu ca amu agghiri a travagghiari
@zarbonida4 жыл бұрын
@Paolo Caldini grecanikos
@Gk2003m2 жыл бұрын
Most incredible tsunami footage I’ve seen yet
@mirellaanaflores3 жыл бұрын
Esto continúa siendo simplemente aterrador. Siempre pienso en todas las personas que estaban ahí, en todos esos lugares arrasados por el tsunami, y que en pocos segundos lo perdieron todo. La pérdida más dolorosa es la de miles de vidas.
@user-ht3io7js5l2 жыл бұрын
Самое страшное терять родных,близких,друзей......Это горе словами не передать......Горе горькое,плачу.....