Posted on 01/03/2005 6:04:52 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast
I received these amazing photographs by email from a friend, with the explanation, "These pictures were sent by a Tommy Hilfger employee to the home office in New Jersey."
They appear to show the tsunami hitting with particular force. I do not know the place or the photographer (who obviously survived to email the photos). The last photo is particularly haunting, as it shows people laughing... obviously the gravity of their situation was unknown to them.
It would appear to be Thailand.
If anyone knows anything about the circumstances of these photos, or the photographer, please Freepmail me.
I strongly suspect most of these pics are of a "tidal bore" in China; there is a river in China where due to geography the tide comes in as an actual wave or "bore" during high tides. On a few days of year during Spring tides it's exceptionally strong and people come to watch. I've seen video footage on some documentaries and it looks very very similar.
Some of them, frankly, look photoshopped.
wow
Amazing how clueless many of the folks look.
Not that Im making light of them.
The damned thing came from nowhere
I hope you're right. Thanks for the suggestion-- keep an eye on this thread; if I learn more I'll post it here.
These pictures describe the power and force of the water better than any I have seen. I really can't see the faces of the people that well, perhaps they are screaming
I think you are right
I've seen several of these photos before. They are from an unusually extreme tidal river bore flood in China not too long ago. Killed several hundred spectators iirc and I think it's the Qiantang Tidal River Bore.
If that's correct, they have nothing at all to do with the Dec 26 tsunamis.
Yes, I saw some thread yesterday saying this is some tsunami or tidal event from China, two years ago. These are NOT from last week's tsunami.
Fisrt thing I thought of was that it looked like spectators watching an expected event.
I do not know the truth of the matter, however this was my exact thought. I'm almost sure I've seen at least one of these before.
I'm even MORE convinced that these are pics of a tidal bore on the Quintang River (The "Quintang Dragon") in China, NOT of the tsunami.
Examine the architecture and the people; they look Chinese.
http://www.linktrip.com/attractions/97e_3.htm
http://tidal-bore.tripod.com/china/qiantang.html
Still Quite remarkable pics.
I have seen several blowholes and even got in one to get "launched" But this is way wild
Have we seen a photo yet with the guy from the observation deck of the WTC?
Yep, these bores can be really cool, if you catch one of those documentaries. There are also bores in Canada, England, France, etc.
As someone mentioned one year a lot of spectators got too close and got drowned at the one in China.
The fishermen have to take their boats out on every high tide and "surf" the bore in the middle of the river so they don't get smashed to smithereens in dock.
Ping for later
Similar event at mouth of Amazon, the "pororoca". Very similar in appearance to photo ~#6...
I was taking clues from the architecture and heavy traffic. I agree.
I would not expect this on a river. Yowwwza
Some seem to smiling or laughing - a kind of 'running with the bulls' look. . .
Waiting to hear. . .where these picts are from and whether they are 'for real'. . .as per 'Strategerist' offered. . .
But the water looks like some of my 'nightmare stuff'. . .
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