Tsunami in Khao Lak, Thailand (2004)

Tsunami in Khao Lak, Thailand (2004) - rare video

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Jean M.

Жыл бұрын

Video credits: "Arquivos da Internet"
Video by Tomi Jalonen

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@johnpendarvis7885 4 ай бұрын

I am a land surveyor. I was part of an international aid project to recover properties after the water receded. Several large business entities were poised like jackals to claim land for beachside resorts. Some of those tracts had been in family ownership for 100+ years. We were fairly successful, it was difficult work.

@mtbfever8578 4 ай бұрын

OK 👍

@princejohn6560 4 ай бұрын

Sad how some people are so morally and ethically bereft as to take advantage of such situations

@chrisnizer5702 4 ай бұрын

The wavelength of that tsunami is several MILES long behind that whitewater coming from the horizon. It's that enormous wavelength that is most dangerous. In fact, everything we see when a tsunami makes landfall is a byproduct of their enormous wavelength. An 80 ft wave at Nazare' Portugal has a wavelength between 200-250 meters and the energy is confined to the surface and down a few meters. That's why surfers can ride them and they cause no damage. The wave energy of a tsunami affects the ENTIRE water column from seafloor to the surface. That's why they look more like a raging flooding river than a breaking wave. Unfortunately there's usually little if any mention of wavelength in tsunami documentaries.

@dianacryer 4 ай бұрын

I’m glad you mentioned this. I was wondering how far down they went. I have noticed in the videos of the 2011 Japanese tsunami that the water had turned black. I had assumed it was because the water was pulling the silt off the river bottom. Am I even close?

@chrisnizer5702 4 ай бұрын

@@dianacryer That's exactly what happens. Just another thing that makes them even more frightening. Thanks for the reply my friend.

@dianacryer 5 ай бұрын

I’m just blown away by how long those people stand there before they get the hell to higher ground.

@alifaan595 5 ай бұрын

Thailand didn't feel the earthquake in Aceh, and knowledge about tsunamis wasn't widely known, especially among tourists. This WAS the event that put tsunamis into public awareness.

@WilliamMurphy-uv9pm 5 ай бұрын

@@alifaan595 In short tourists have money and not necessarily common sense.

@dianacryer 5 ай бұрын

@@alifaan595 I guess living on the coast, I just assume most people know that if the water gets weird it’s time to go.

@ophelieevouvoiement3 4 ай бұрын

Exactement en 2004 on savait pas trop,aucunes informations étaient donnés…. Il faut pas oublier que c’est fascinant et les gens à l’époque avaient pas conscience du danger imminent. De revoie ces vidéos est si triste mais il faut surtout pas oublier ces moments.

@nomimalone7520 4 ай бұрын

@@WilliamMurphy-uv9pmlocals were also unaware, not just tourists.

@russelldavis8415 5 ай бұрын

I was there with a mate who wanted to sunbathe on the beach, I went for a walk to the fishing boats/tour boats, when all the water started to go out someone said a tsunami would come, I went back to my mate to get him to leave the beach, he refused and we went on arguing for a bit, eventually kicked some sand over him and he got mad and started to chase me to give me a kicking lol, by this time the first wave was almost upon us, we just made it to the hotel complex when it hit.

@mayday6916 4 ай бұрын

In Sweden Thailand is a very popular place to go to on vacation. My mother's friend and colleague went to Khao Lak with her husband over Christmas to celebrate their birthdays. They both turned 60 in December that year. They died there and were eventually found; she was located after about a month while it took four months to find him. I'm deeply impressed by the enormous work people must have done to find victims under all the rubble. 543 Swedish people died, 122 were children under the age of 15.

@YelpBullhorn 4 ай бұрын

I went on holiday to Kao Lak 8 years ago. And whilst paddling on this very beach, it was so difficult to comprehend how the beautiful, calm, warm waters of the Indian Ocean could take so many lives. It was surreal and a real sobering moment. The Tsunami Museum was heartbreaking. It is widely believed that the death total in that small area was probably twice that of the official 4,500 total because of the vast number of illegal immigrants from Myanmar working there. There will always be a place in my heart for that paradise land and its beautiful people. 🇹🇭🇲🇲❤

@johnpendarvis7885 4 ай бұрын

It's a rare phenomenon, but if you understand the physics it's not difficult to comprehend.

@YelpBullhorn 4 ай бұрын

@johnpendarvis7885.... what a silly, condescending thing to say.

@AlekseyHito Жыл бұрын

I see some parts of this video for the first time. Thank you. Still, it's scary to see this wave, remembering its devastating consequences

@bd9712 Жыл бұрын

At 145 just wild how perfectly still those trees are

@johnpendarvis7885 4 ай бұрын

The aquatic waveform that propelled the water was submerged. It would not affect the wind.

@FjMusicSings 4 ай бұрын

@@johnpendarvis7885they're talking about the force of the water, bud-- not the wind

@kimberlycrouch7228 4 ай бұрын

That sure progressed quickly

@JuanderLostTV 4 ай бұрын

In the Philippines we're always reminded of the "tidal wave" in August 1976 when a magnitude 8.0 quake triggered a tsunami that killed over 8,000. When this happened in 2004, I first read on the internet about a "South Asian flood that killed over 8,000." Of course it was differed in 3/11 and in Chile, Palu and Sunda Strait.

@nastynick7425 6 ай бұрын

1:14 yeah hey, TIME TO GO

@kilIstation Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, I've already seen this many times, though.

@mariajoseandrade7505 5 ай бұрын

GRATIDÃO POR POSTAR OS BRASILEIROS NUNCA VIRAM TISUMANES NEM TERREMOTOS OU FURACÃO DEVIA VER E APRENDER TODOS PROCEDIMENTOS PARA SI MESMOS E PARA AJUAR E ALERTAR

@paolaparodi979 4 ай бұрын

Se riesci a trovare il video di una Signora giapponese sopravvissuta al terremoto del 2011 ... importante quando dice < Quando sei in un punto elevato e sicuro MAI E POI MAI ritornare indietro !! >

@jandllc 4 ай бұрын

I learned in 6th grade that if the ocean resides like that run.

@tracy406 5 ай бұрын

That people go to the beach with so little knowledge and awareness just boggles my mind. Anyone who stands on a beach as the water is pulled out that far & does nothing are the same one's who swim at dawn and dusk and also doesn't know that when you start seeing a whole bunch of fish suddenly....that there is something big, with lots of teeth, headed their way.

@jarmoluotonen 5 ай бұрын

This was filmed by Finnish guy. Before 2004 most of us had maybe seen tsunami in some disaster film and maybe briefly read about the phenomena as there are no record of any tsunamis ever happening at Baltic Sea. Of course that changed with 2004 (and subsequently the one in Japan 2011). I don’t think anyone would stay at the beach that long today.

@shreyaindia4024 4 ай бұрын

What do u mean by 'something with a lot of teeth' what does that mean ?

@LarsAndersen-ig9yt 4 ай бұрын

@@shreyaindia4024 A big vagina.

@mayday6916 4 ай бұрын

Most people at that time didn't know anything about tsunamis. A lot of people don't know much about the sea either. It's a matter of opinion I guess - some people are interested and find out about things, others take the day as it comes and don't think much about it. As a person interested to the point of nerdiness in nature, animals, geology, science and many other things I knew what a tsunami was in 2004 and got a cold feeling in my stomach when the first news were reported on TV about it. The Swedish government and politicians had never heard the word tsunami and made an embarrassing impression at first. But it was also very difficult, as you may remember, to get hold of any facts since all communications were cut off to a very large area. Today, alas, most of us know what a tsunami is. :-(

@jkorshak 4 ай бұрын

Before this event there wasn't a lot of widely disseminated tsunami footage. it wasn't something which would be explored much on television or discussed unless you lived in a tsunami prone area. This got better when cable opened up and there was more varied content. Before that it was newsreels mostly post event. If you haven't been to a place long or maybe never before, there isn't much reference for the tide going out unless a local tells you that it's abnormal, like it's a tsunami. Can't expect every tourist to recognize, much less understand the outflow is related to a tsunami.

@finn1355 4 ай бұрын

WOW !!!!!

@motoqueirocometa3096 Жыл бұрын

Parece o rio Amazonas

@moniquetrudeau5571 5 ай бұрын

Imagine if this happened at night. There would had been a lot more deaths.

@WilliamCrippen-mj7mj 4 ай бұрын

Just how long are people going to stand there and let the tsunami come in and take them away because once they see it it's too late to get the hell out of there!7:30pm

@annettemills3067 4 ай бұрын

😮

@andreamaltauro 4 ай бұрын

Люди имели время убежать, но интереснее поснимать на камеру . Какая глупая смерть сотням тысячам людей.

@willsullivan7074 4 ай бұрын

Somehow all the animals knew it was coming and ran away. The humans are standing on the beach, pointing at it.

@muttmag 4 ай бұрын

I would have been gone the second the water started to recede

@jimanderson1589 5 ай бұрын

Surprising that there are no tsunami towers, such as in Japan, even if this place is right next to the ocean!! No planning or forethought! So when this tsunami happened there was a lot of death and destruction! This place needed tsunami towers at least! 😮

@A808K 4 ай бұрын

There are now and all over Thailand today and this event made that happen, unfortunately too late for the @ 8,000 people who died in Khao Lak that day.

@jimanderson1589 4 ай бұрын

@@A808K excellent!! Yes, it is so important! It is good to know that these are available now!

@Johnpao215 4 ай бұрын

Coral reefs or mangroves :)

@elizabethgilmore5727 4 ай бұрын

I bet there are now

@mandelbrot2232 4 ай бұрын

people watch the wave coming and dont run 😮‍💨😬

@davidcollins6778 5 ай бұрын

This was time when tsunami was bit of a myth, but the Japanese knew and prepared

@janere51 6 ай бұрын

Je m’en souviens encore on dirait un ☝️ mur d’eau quelle malheur ✌️🇫🇷

@user-bv3bc9uo8p 4 ай бұрын

It really angers me how throughout human history people can clearly see the danger coming but decide to run when it is to late🖕🏾

@user-pp4ve6qo1b 4 ай бұрын

Wow - a rare video on KZfaq. How rare can you be? lol Rare my ass....

@artmantv6966 Жыл бұрын

I see b ig wave

@smartiking4655 Жыл бұрын

Were you in Thailand in 2004?

@fmcm7715 5 ай бұрын

@@smartiking4655look he obviously wasn’t there, nor heard how many people died and the complete devastation and destruction that the tsunami caused.

@francoisegerablie6650 5 ай бұрын

Belle vidéo malgré cette impressionnante vague, les palmiers toujours debout des arbres sacrés, et ses gens 👍❤qui regardent avec un tel courage et avec leur foi certainement, ces tonnes d eau dévastatrices incroyable!.