“in the 2004 event , only certain sections of Phuket were affected , the open ocean sides . Inland sides hardly at all”
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Yes, Phuket is a big area...barely an island, as a bridge connects it to the mainland on the north.
The heavy damage was at the seaside resorts along the Indian ocean coast lines.
Tsunamis have little impact on anything other then seashore towns/cities.
in some cases there IS quite a bit of island ‘wrap-around’
I believe it takes deep offshore waters to do that and extensive wrapping tsunamis tend not to occur in the shallow SEA seas so much . Just a theory .
Every tsunami is different .
” The heavy damage was at the seaside resorts along the Indian ocean coast lines.”
and along the Phang Nga province north of Phuket , where the waves went straight in . But not too far . Many were able to escape uphill . However ,if you couldn’t get up that hill you were toast