Briton surfed his way to Maldives safety

Some obscure news website ^ | 27/12/2004 | Staff

[Rebelbase]

There were probably more of them out there that just hung onto their boards and rode it out that way.

[mtbopfuyn]

said guests at Lohifushi huddled around the bar area, which was the only major part of the island that stayed consistently above water

There's a joke in there somewhere.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The bar stayed high and dry...

[luv2ski]

Tourists described three-feet-high walls of water sweeping across their resort islands and into their bedrooms...

I don't know about you, but 3 foot waves have always terrified me! ;-D

[ArrogantBustard]

Three feet of water covering the highest ground on a little island should terrify you ...

[Rebelbase]

3' waves in my bedroom would get my attention.

[First_Salute]

Any chance that Osama bin Laden got washed out to sea?

[dead]

I remember this story from an episode of Gilligan's Island.

The surfer who rode the tsunami into their lagoon was going to lead to their rescue!

I don't remember the exact details, but I believe the plan fell apart based on some stupid action by Gilligan.

[BigWaveBetty]

He said there was a six-feet-high surge in the waves and he was dragged along the edge of a powerful current, though he managed to stay out of the worst of it.

Finally he reached an area where he could stand and fought his way to shore.

Getting dragged along is surfing? Call me crazy, or picky but there's nothing in this story that details him surfing the tsunami. I read this story based on what the title said and yet nothing in it indicates surfing.

Maybe the folks who make up titles should actually read the article first.

[fso301]

I don't know about you, but 3 foot waves have always terrified me!

Being caught up in three foot waves full of jagged churning pieces of debris would terrify me.

[luv2ski]

Being caught up in three foot waves full of jagged churning pieces of debris would terrify me..

I don't disagree but I am fairly sure that the original article has a typo. What I have read said that the wave was a wall of water 30 feet high, not 3 (hence my sarcasm).

[reagan_fanatic]

I believe the plan fell apart based on some stupid action by Gilligan.

Damn that Gilligan...everytime they're close to being rescued, he screws something up.

[eyedigress]

[dfwgator]

It's not the height of the wave, it's the speed. I guarantee a three-foot wave going 30-40 MPH would knock you down. Then you better pray it doesn't smash you into anything, or you get impaled by the mini-torpedoes of debris in the water.

[virgil]

I always think of that episode of Gilligan when the subject of tsunamis comes up

[ServesURight]

Gimme a break. This is a bigger crock than the story of the WTC survivor who "surfed" the crumbling structure down to minor injuries.

[6323cd]

bump for later

[monday]

"I don't disagree but I am fairly sure that the original article has a typo. What I have read said that the wave was a wall of water 30 feet high, not 3 (hence my sarcasm)."

No. 30 feet would have killed virtually everyone in the Maldives. They are only a few feet above sea level. Since only about 50 people were killed and only 4 of 80 resorts were flooded, 3' high waves is probably correct. It is the strong currents that kill people.

[mikegi]

I don't know about you, but 3 foot waves have always terrified me! ;-D

Walk across a fast flowing three foot deep river and report back to us.

[Howlin]