Tsunami wave striking Kihei Maui.m4v

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13 жыл бұрын

This is footage of an actual Tsunami wave hitting shore in Kihei Maui, Hawaii. the tsunami is small but it exhibits all of the classic elements of a tsunami wave.
this was from the tsunami that struck the island on the morning of March 11th 2011
Amazing!

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@om3g4z3r0 7 жыл бұрын

We will rebuild.

@TheXxstarplayaxx 7 жыл бұрын

TheHueisOver™ 😂

@norml.hugh-mann 6 жыл бұрын

Oh the humanity! My sandcastle! Noooooo!

@sporadicspork6314 6 жыл бұрын

This is the funniest comment I’ve ever read

@ikaikamaleko8370 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@MrBrightlight66 8 жыл бұрын

Although the images are not as dramatic as the title suggests, the narrative is very good and illustrates most of the main features of a larger destructive tsunami. Well done and tks.

@johnnybravo5962 6 жыл бұрын

The title of the video actually exactly describes the content of the video. It's not a dramatization at all.

@Chippottle 6 жыл бұрын

I learned a ton!!! Ive never lived near the Ocean so this helps if I was to ever be caught in a calm ocean.

@weeardguy 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. And WOW! The first reflected wave shows up beautifully in this video!

@colatf2 3 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t say HUGE TSUNAMI WAVE STRIKING HAWAI’I **DEVASTATION***

@au69miner 7 жыл бұрын

that's actually a tsumini

@dmsysoj2415 6 жыл бұрын

Oh God 1 year later and I can say that I found the best comment on KZfaq.

@captainfrank01 6 жыл бұрын

lol!

@scanzas 5 жыл бұрын

You made my day

@PanferriDPMO 4 жыл бұрын

Ohhh i get it xdddd

@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT 3 жыл бұрын

Not to be confused with a tsumami, a common feature of my kitchen.

@justplainpossum 8 жыл бұрын

I thought this was very well done; he knew what he was talking about, for sure. Much appreciated!

@mojorojo6 6 жыл бұрын

It was actually wave of information on tsunami.

@md-80enjoyer95 5 жыл бұрын

Stop

@senecanoles 3 жыл бұрын

Dude is well versed in Tsunamis

@Andrew..J 6 жыл бұрын

Now that I've watched it, I guess it was kinda silly thinking there would actually be someone casually filming a large scale tsunami from the shore.

@Josue-eu9sy 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Jatib ikr lol

@matty101yttam 5 жыл бұрын

Not really, i've seen dumber people in video's so nothing would surprise me now.

@jamieward9992 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Jatib click bait title lol

@rileygonzales896 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Jatib I don’t think it’s silly at all. What’s silly is posting a video of a little wave on KZfaq and labeling it as a tsunami...

@40Sec 5 жыл бұрын

@@rileygonzales896 - That's like saying "it's silly to say a small earthquake is still an earthquake."

@piizzaefichi 9 жыл бұрын

Tsunami starter kit?

@ikaikamaleko8370 6 жыл бұрын

lol

@pkoppart Ай бұрын

lol

@boxhawk5070 8 жыл бұрын

I moment of silence for all the barnacles that didn't make it...

@vickynicoll3045 8 жыл бұрын

lol, sorry barnacles.

@themidgetking4326 6 жыл бұрын

Boxhawk *RESPECTFUL TRUMPET INTENSIFIES*

@Vyclops 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Ants

@infledermaus 6 жыл бұрын

It's especially sad that Barnacle Bill the Sailor didn't make it. ;-)

@McHeisenburger 6 жыл бұрын

@thorrad23 11 жыл бұрын

Sumwewao, yes this is the same tsunami that struck Fukushima. This is one of the much later secondary waves that struck after the main wave came ashore in darkness on Maui. I would estimate that this wave happened some 4 or five hours after the main wave which is why there was such little rise behind it. It's still an amazing thing to see even though its so small.

@MicBergsma 8 жыл бұрын

RUN!!!!

@adamuchiha8058 6 жыл бұрын

MicBergsma first comment

@YurkerYT 6 жыл бұрын

Instead of run I'd say walk.

@adriankyleabaja9271 6 жыл бұрын

Erik instead of walking, let's just watch

@kfcgravy5041 6 жыл бұрын

Adrian Kyle Abaja instead of watching, jump in to get a closer look

@huracansto8315 6 жыл бұрын

KFC Gravy - Instead of watching. Just crawl.

@holyteejful 7 жыл бұрын

I was in Maui too,when I saw my first (and only) tsunami ... Very small just like this one but u could tell the entire time the ocean was not behaving like it normally does. Was quite eery and impressive , and you could definitely hear the power of the water more than you could see it

@MrHistory269 3 жыл бұрын

I was 6-7 in 2010 when a Chile quake triggered warnings I got up that night and walked to the driveway and I could see a snake of cars driving up the mountain everyone evacuating

@brndnshv 6 жыл бұрын

Thought it would be a bigger wave but it was still very informative.

@MrHistory269 3 жыл бұрын

If it was a bigger wave he most likely wouldn’t be around to upload the video

@chrisemerson515 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrHistory269 why? I’m sure he would’ve still recorded it, only he would’ve backed up to a safer distance! Not everybody with a camera in their hand is a wondering dumbass!

@josephastier7421 7 ай бұрын

This wave was bigger about 12 hours earlier when it wrecked the northeastern coast of Japan.

@wj5mjk 7 жыл бұрын

This will cost millions to fix

@Genesongx 5 жыл бұрын

Indeed, those waves were produced by the japan 2011 earthquake that caused a huge tsunami

@KallyNui 6 жыл бұрын

Holy shit 2011 was 7 years ago

@raulramirez1711 6 жыл бұрын

Time sure does fly, fr.

@dk6173 3 жыл бұрын

Now 2011 is 9 years ago.

@bananajoe3669 3 жыл бұрын

@@dk6173 🤔 nowadays it is ten years ago...

@nirmalasingh7677 8 жыл бұрын

nicely done. Tsunamis aren't always large. and this was classic demonstration. Wave reflection was nice

@brandflakes1 6 жыл бұрын

Even though this video is old, it’s still amazing. This guy knows what he’s talking about, and it’s so fascinating seeing how Tsunamis work and it’s precursors.

@edptoblo 10 ай бұрын

Not a tsunami. That's just a fast incoming tide. Smartnen up ppl.

@dakotalayinlow 8 жыл бұрын

imagine those waves 20' higher... whew!

@thorrad23 8 жыл бұрын

+dakotalayinlow Yeah! Also when they get that big they are also much longer wavelength, so they inundate for a much longer time. This one is a baby from long after the main wave arrived, but the big ones have a lot of water column behind them. Scary!

@tardis3962 8 жыл бұрын

i came here for a real Tsunami nice bait click

@stretchpadawan1 8 жыл бұрын

Its exactly what is described in the title.. maybe you should research what "click bait" is.. not sure what bait click is though...

@commenter7893 8 жыл бұрын

If a really big wave came how far would you be able to "ditch" anyway.

@thorradford3865 8 жыл бұрын

+commenter78 my rule is: If you see whitewater on the incoming tsunami you'd better run uphill fast. The place I shot this from is right at the beach, but less than a block and a half away the hill rises quickly. When I was filming this the idea that I may have to leave quickly was always in my mind. I had been obsessed with the '94 Indian Ocean tsunami since it happened. Had friends killed in that one.

@j.watson6148 6 жыл бұрын

Still scary because you don’t know if it’s going to stop or just keep on coming

@christianmendez8321 6 жыл бұрын

J. Watson that's what she said

@weatherstuff808 6 жыл бұрын

Christian Mendez. Micheal would be proud of you

@christianmendez8321 6 жыл бұрын

@@weatherstuff808 learned from the best

@chrisemerson515 3 жыл бұрын

@@christianmendez8321 oh shit that’s priceless! 😂😂😂

@TheHolyMongolEmpire 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing how much energy was in that wave, considering how gigantic the ocean is and how far Hawaii is from the epicenter in Japan.

@KAT-ew9wz 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this was actually incredibly informative. I knew that the water level drops first, but I didn't know how much it pushes after it first arrives. Very appreciated.

@infledermaus 6 жыл бұрын

Even that small wave height is quite honestly scary when one considers that there is nothing one can do to stop it. Easily scaled up. Great video. Educational commentary. Your video is an excellent teaching tool. Thank you for posting! I've seen a lot of video of the 2004 and 2011 tsunami. This is cool. A tsunami without destruction and loss of life. A nice change.

@brianmartindunn 9 жыл бұрын

Nicely done video with good commentary.

@TomG1555 7 жыл бұрын

Good video, I enjoyed the educational narration. The majority of tsunamis are of this sort, not the huge monsters that make legends. Thanks for sharing this!

@toyabermudez2523 6 жыл бұрын

tagryn yup. Most are small

@ThorKipperberg 6 жыл бұрын

Yes,but people thinks that tsunami waves are much bigger than this in height,and that is not the case,and tsunami waves don't break like surf waves,even the large tsunami waves looks mostly flat on the surface,and only creates these rolling,waves that seems harmles,until they reach the shoreline and the water rises extremely fast,and keeps pushing on land like a fast moving river. This vid,shows exactly why people die or get caught by these waves ,they just seem harmles from a distance,and people get very curious of why the tide suddenly drains so fast out to sea ,leaving reefs and rocks bare of water. The bigger/,wider wave the more extreme the tide gets.And suddenly it starts pusing on land,and continues pushing inland,tearing everything with it.Stay Away from the shores,if a Tsunami warning have been issued,cause that's an inevitable death trap if enough water have been displaced,you cant out run it,can't drive away from it,and cant hide from it .Only thing that helps is higher grounds,like tall sturdy high rise buildings,or hills or mountains.Everything lower than a normal two story building,is not safe.When looking at the japan tsunami,you see that it seemed very calm and didnt pose any threath ,until the water just overflowed everything,breaching the tsunami walls, tearing down near shore buildings that at the moment seemed pretty safe, overwhelming briges,and overpasses,and crushed homes far far inland and pretty far up in the landscape.Large Tsunamis are one of natures most extreme force of nature and should always been taken serious.In Norway a Tsunami of 100 meters in height are expected in the Geiranger fjord,due to the Askernes mountain slide.We dont know when it will happen,but its 100 % certain it will,and it will destroy everything along the fjords,and reach Aalesund city by minutes after . GREAT vid ,and.fantastic explanation :)

@chrisemerson515 3 жыл бұрын

@@ThorKipperberg u might wanna go back and look at the Japan tsunami again! Maybe the day before the water was calm. But when the sirens started going off it damn near sucked the bay dry. U can hear the people talking and comparing it to the many tsunamis they’ve had in the past. U can tell by their voice that the March 2011 tsunami was very different.

@grapiken7766 8 жыл бұрын

This is very small compared to other Japanese Tsunami videos I've seen, but none the less, it's still fascinating and a little bit scary. Nature is in control and we are expendable.

@MrHistory269 3 жыл бұрын

True the Japanese Tsunami had lost most of its power by the time it hit us although I remember my paddling coach telling us the wave has crested the hill and flooded the area where all our canoes are kept But none of the canoes were on site that day so we were lucky

@WojciechP915 6 жыл бұрын

Finally, a calm and collected explanation.

@robbie8142 2 жыл бұрын

How calm, informative and professional is this guy recording the video? Sensational! That was so well presented. Thankyou. Even if it's 10 years later. Cya 🤗🤗🤗

@NYRangers520 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video and explanation given on your part on how tsunami waves work on a way way lesser scale that is. Unfortunately the poor people of Japan on this day were not lucky.

@calebgauthreaux1328 6 жыл бұрын

great video! thanks. props for having the balls to stand there and narrate so calmly.

@whitetornado603 4 жыл бұрын

I miss Maui like crazy. Tsunami risk and all. Lived there in the 90s. So tied to my business and house and trying to save for retirement I may never visit again. Only watching Maui KZfaq videos will keep me sane lol

@arn3661 5 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe you survived that 😱 Wish I was that lucky

@weeardguy 11 жыл бұрын

This is by far the best video I have ever seen about a tsunami! Especially the reflections were interesting to see (that's something different opposed to the animations numerous weather-services placed on their websites after the 2004 tsunami.

@samsungw200 11 жыл бұрын

Didn't expect the wave to go back! Good video thanks for posting

@LorenClive 11 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool! I evacuated as instructed and missed this. Thanks, Thor

@jamesweldon9726 7 жыл бұрын

I've been there. It is very freaky to see the water behaving like that, in that area.

@yegfreethinker 6 жыл бұрын

It's eerie how still the shoreline surface is slightly before the wave hits. Good quality narration on what's going in a tsunami. :-)

@yogibeer9319 3 жыл бұрын

This was so cool! The narration was super informative and calm

@Diana_L. 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to find a video that doesn't just concentrate on the height of the wave, but instead informs viewers that it's the extreme wavelength that is the actually important feature of a tsunami wave.

@Chainyanker007 3 жыл бұрын

This guy doesn’t seem to realize it could be a 50’+ wave heading for him, it always looks small at a distance. I’m one of the few around that have seen a 50+ footer headon but lived to tell about it. Back around ‘52 a big one hit Hilo on the Big Island. My friend and I were on the middle bridge over the Wailuku River about 50’ over the estuary. The tsunami emptied out most of Hilo Bay and came in as a vertical wall of muddy water that rushed right at us, went under the bridge, covered Maui’s Canoe, a large volcanic protrusion close to the bridge, kept going upstream a couple hundred yards under the 3rd bridge. The first bridge at the mouth, made of a grill like steel was completely submerged. The estuary was just a boiling mess of swirling water, two or three more waves hit later some minutes apart. An amazing experience, the rest of town had evacuated to high ground but what do kids know. Since the estuary had almost no water in it and the top of the wave was about 10’ below us that wave must have been close to 60’ where we were. A little higher and I wouldn’t be telling this true story.

@peeterl.2016 3 жыл бұрын

Crawl back to your hole, moron. He clearly saw it wasn't dangerous. Regular waves are ten times higher than this "tsunami".

@you99tubejimking 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! It's nice to hear an intelligent description and explanation of what we're looking at, on KZfaq.

@Baronstone 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, never seen the reflected wave before. That is pretty impressive even though it is a small wave

@DidrickNamtvedt 13 жыл бұрын

My cousin and his gf were there together with their parents that day and I also had some study friends from Norway staying there during that time as well. My family and I back here in Norway woke up to the terrible news of the earthquake and tsunami devastation in Japan and we got extremely worried for our relatives and friends in Hawaii when we heard that tsunami warnings were issued around the entire Pacific Ocean but we were relieved to hear that everyone was ok in Hawaii.

@TubeBrowser2 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video and narration. Thanks.

@davidmayhew4818 8 жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@jamesmccourt9782 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. What a great video! Thanks!

@tatonkapeach 2 жыл бұрын

Wow you’re brave! What magnificent footage an amazing phenomenon. Your narration is very informative. Thank you for this. I’m very impressed.

@ZombieJesus1987 6 жыл бұрын

Crazy that these same waves caused so much destruction in a different part of the world. Really informative video!

@ccddle 6 жыл бұрын

I know this is a small one but when you're at the ocean quite a bit you begin to notice stuff like this. There are subtle changes that can happen, not just with tsunamis but with a lot of things, that make you think "huh, that's not normal." You need to pay attention to those things to stay safe.

@angelar3997 3 жыл бұрын

That was such an awesome narrative! Very intriguing video, thank you!!!

@jamesstone7689 3 жыл бұрын

I arrived in Kihei that night on holiday we spent the night in a tsunami refuge at a church up the hill. Super welcoming group. Gave us breakfast. I watched this happening the next day. Brings back memories. Thanks

@GTgaming69 6 жыл бұрын

Saw the tiny wave and hit the dislike button, which im ashamed abt now because i know now a lot more about tsunamis and this mans is pure af so uh lemme just switch that like real quick brb

@amilcarvalenca3381 3 жыл бұрын

Man, you got the job. Well done.

@cristobilllumberg2473 6 жыл бұрын

excellent footage and explanation. Kudos.

@pikiwiki 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video and description. Thank you

@stormaurora5536 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing to see a safe tsunami in action! Thank you for sharing with us 👍😀😀😀

@HarDiMonPetit 3 жыл бұрын

Small but instructive ! Thanks 👍

@katerinaliakou5549 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. This what tsunamis look like most of the time, huge tsunamis are very rare.

@Slikx666 8 жыл бұрын

well done on making this video, it may only be a small wave but there is still lots of information to be gained from it.

@megatop412 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating, thanks for posting

@d.cypher2920 7 жыл бұрын

nice job narrating, i learned something.

@richardatkinson724 10 жыл бұрын

Very good explained!!!! It should be used in classrooms

@stoneyvanhorn9289 3 жыл бұрын

Best explanation and visual however small of a tsunami I've seen.

@REAPERxx420 6 жыл бұрын

At first I was pissed and thinking " click bait" but by the end I was think " best video I've seen today"

@AndresLopez-hs5tp 6 жыл бұрын

interesting video, never seen this before! Thanks for uploading

@SuV33358 3 жыл бұрын

Wow.... Great video and great job of explaining how a tsunami happens. I did always picture a huge tall wave coming over a city. And I always thought they were called tidal waves. Well now I know better, and i see a tsunami causes the same force and destruction as what I've been imagining. Thanks for the info. (Yes, I see this video is 10 yrs old... Still had to comment) 👍🏼

@brandonb9239 3 жыл бұрын

How articulate is this guy? Very good narrative.

@skatatataatje 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool seeing a tiny tsunami, a lot nicer then the big ones for sure!

@kevinmac1989 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this information. I life in Topeka but you can’t be too prepared.

@darioinfini 3 жыл бұрын

10 years later, my comment. This I think is a similar phenomenon to wave theory in electronics. Very high speed digital signals create wave fronts on circuit boards. When I designed those it would create a "step function" much like the leading edge of that tsunami -- a rise in voltage "height". That wave front would propagate down the signal path -- the metal trace on the board -- at a specific speed, usually around 150ps/inch, or about 6" per nanosecond. So if you had a foot length of metal trace on your board, you could expect that signal to take 2 nanoseconds to reach the end. At the end you would want to have some kind of resistor to match the impedance of the trace so that wavefront could be "absorbed" without generating a reflection. If there was a mismatch, a reflection would be generated. If there was no resistor at all, i.e., an "open trace", the signal would reach the end of the trace and double in "height", generating a reverse propagating reflection back up the trace like this tsunami did when it hit the shore. Following the same principles -- when a large tsunami arrives on shore, it just "flows" onto land. If there is a seawall to protect the shore -- the horrifying thing is that that essentially acts like an "open trace" to the tsunami. That is, if it's a 10' tsunami, the water basically "backs up" when it hits the wall and doubles in height as it reflects back. So if you want to protect from a 10' possible tsunami you have to build a TWENTY foot high wall. Anyway, was fascinating to watch a little one do that. Nice vid.

@mcmjr405 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent information about how the mechanics of a tsunami work. From the water being pulled out to the push inland.

@MichaelCampbell01 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent voice over explanation. This "wall of water" discussion you hear so often is just absurd; it's like a thick carpet of water that just doesn't stop.

@Sevinfootongue 13 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thanks for posting!

@markm6488 6 жыл бұрын

Nice, that was really cool, i can imagine that at 1 meter🌊

@ultramet 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to da ‘āina folks. The only place I know where whenever there is a tsunami alert, the locals want to go out surfing. Very nice and educational video. Mahalos.

@floorvermeulen9838 6 жыл бұрын

This was a good video, your voice is chill listening to

@MaritsView 11 жыл бұрын

Guys it's a mini tsunami. But this is a tsunami for sure ! But be carefull if it was higher it could be deadly, nice video very beautiful!!

@greenriverviews6819 3 жыл бұрын

correct, a normal "wave" quickly recedes but a tsunami is like a really massive/deep slab of water sliding inland at high speed

@privacy3116 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for very interesting and informative filming. ❤❤❤

@bobroberts3112 7 жыл бұрын

Love the sincerity when you say " i'mana just DITCH"

@foolanhi8183 6 жыл бұрын

That’s actually so cool.

@embloom3 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I found it to be very informative and interesting.

@aniwhitgift637 3 жыл бұрын

Really interesting. I perhaps am somewhat delayed in viewing, however the Hawaiian Islands have recently became a personal obsession. Fantastic place, thank you for your informative video.

@Greenterror 7 жыл бұрын

Omg I'm surprise he survived

@brendoncolborn 6 жыл бұрын

Man me too it was a close one

@damn6448 6 жыл бұрын

Ants start running...some didn’t make it :(

@Demon115. 5 жыл бұрын

So tiny i like how the waves returned so quickly

@blankblank1762 3 жыл бұрын

Wow he taught me something about tsunamis in 4 minutes that I didn't learn throughout all my years spent in school so educational and cool to see. I really liked how he explained as we saw... So glad KZfaq popped this video up on my timeline!

@wj5mjk 7 жыл бұрын

The horror! The devastation! How will they recover?

@ZombieJesus1987 6 жыл бұрын

startrek This is actually the same tsunami that hit Japan.

@blkhemi3925 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting... The way the ripples reflect back out, like a pebble in a pond but on a much larger scale

@Hawaiianrican808 11 жыл бұрын

Awsome footage...mahalo for the post.

@thorrad23 12 жыл бұрын

You got it! Kalama park right by the tennis courts. Good eye!

@maxf7351 2 жыл бұрын

The behavior of water is amazing

@emmgee7153 3 жыл бұрын

I came home on vacation. I was in Kailua eating at a restaurant with cousins when earthquake hit Japan.

@michaelcarlson219 4 жыл бұрын

The same tsunami kept going to California and wrecked some boats in Santa Cruz Harbor. Doesn't matter if its small or not; the science is impressive. Thanks for the video.

@tomjonese8852 3 жыл бұрын

great video dude

@SkyChaserCom 6 жыл бұрын

The wave isn't that high because Hawaii has a rapidly dropping continental shelf, basically a "rock" sticking out of water 3+ miles deep. The wave was much higher affecting a continent such as California. Also the sea floor can focus or disperse the wave over long distances, like a lens.