Posted on 12/27/2004 2:02:29 PM PST by FReepaholic
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Slideshow: Video Shows Tsunami Hitting Thailand
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The amateur video shows the huge wave hitting Patong Beach.
In the video, the big wave is seen quickly approaching the beach, seemingly out of nowhere.
People can first be heard gasping, then screaming, as the tidal wave moves quickly over the beachhead, by buildings and into town.
The tidal waves were triggered by the world's biggest earthquake in 40 years.
The Thai navy is still scouring the islands in the Andaman Sea today for survivors of this weekend's deadly tsunamis, which slammed into the country's tourist areas such as Phuket Island.
Several hundred tourists have been rescued from Thai islands in the sea, but nearly 800 bodies have been retrieved from stricken areas.
Disaster officials say its not yet known how many foreigners were among the dead although a Thai health ministry official has estimated as many as 80 percent of the dead could be foreign tourists.
Phuket Island is a popular tourist spot after being made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio film, "The Beach."
Already its estimated about 130 people died on the island including an American.
Across Asia the death toll from the weekend earthquake and tsunamis is nearing 24,000.
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Do you have another link to view this clip? it does not work?
A problem pulling up the slideshow
Maybe their server's are having a problem.
I saw this...it is not a "huge wave" it's more like a wave that sweeps up while you are laying on the beach. The terrible video is the one where people are clutching to what looks like a telephone pole as the waters come raging down the street. A few could not hold on and were swept away.
Stunning pictures particularly 1 and 2.
The slideshow works; their server's overwhelmed right now. That's the message I'm getting at 5:14pm EST.
The wave is more of a step function. No way to surf that one. No curl.
The link I posted in #8 seems to be working ok.
Got it! Unbelievable pictures
Not anymore.
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Any way to estimate the height of that wave from the pictures?
It looks like the white foam of the ocean is almost as high as the trees...
I heard the tsunami in the 1963 Alaskan earthquake was 1000 feet. Can anyone verify it? Thanks.
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