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Canadian Pair's Final Photos Show Tsunami
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Posted on 02/23/2005 8:46:14 PM PST by SmithL
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John and Jackie Knill pose at their Thailand resort in Khao Lak on Dec. 12, 2004.![](http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2005/02/24/mn_tsunami2.jpg)
Second of six photos in a sequence showing the beach at Khao Lak, Thailand, on Dec. 26, 2004. The photos show the water first receding, then forming into the first wave that crashed ashore.
![](http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2005/02/24/mn_tsunami5.jpg)
Fifth of six photos in a sequence showing the beach at Khao Lak, Thailand, on Dec. 26, 2004
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Sixth of six photos in a sequence showing the beach at Khao Lak, Thailand, on Dec. 26, 2004.
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:46:14 PM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:48:55 PM PST
by
Huntress
(Possession really is nine tenths of the law.)
To: Huntress
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:50:34 PM PST
by
The Drowning Witch
(Sono La Voce della Nazione Selvaggia)
To: Huntress
If I had a picture like that on my camera, it would have been taken over the shoulder.
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:51:29 PM PST
by
U S Army EOD
(John Kerry, the mother of all flip floppers.I)
To: SmithL
I think I see Tourist Guy in photo #5.
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:51:49 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. -Johnny Carson)
To: SmithL
The wave was deceptive in some places. Who would even think of a killer wave?
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:52:40 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Bush said the "F" word 27 times January 20th, 2005!)
To: SmithL
No offense to anybody who was killed, but if you start running when the water recedes, you have a good chance, maybe ten minutes to reach higher ground.
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:54:44 PM PST
by
js1138
To: Huntress
At least they got to die together. That is more than my husband and I got to do. Little comfort for the family, though.
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:55:01 PM PST
by
Goodgirlinred
( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
To: JennysCool
JennysCool wrote:
I think I see Tourist Guy in photo #5
--> You got me! I went back to look for Tourist Guy!(c)
To: SmithL
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:57:57 PM PST
by
David1
To: SmithL
So as the wall of water death approaches ....they stand there and take pictures of it on the beach ????
To: U S Army EOD
By the time you *can* get a picture like #6, it's too late. You're pretty much dead.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:00:15 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: js1138
No offense to anybody who was killed, but if you start running when the water recedes, you have a good chance, maybe ten minutes to reach higher ground.
There was a story of a little girl who had just learned about tsunamis in school, and recognized it when the water receded. She, and a number of other people on the beach did just what you said, and all survived.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:01:20 PM PST
by
wolfpat
(Dum vivimus, vivamus)
To: stuck_in_new_orleans
I know if *I* didn't know what the tides were supposed to be like in an area, I might not figure it out until it's too late either. I suspect most of us would have the same problem.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:01:52 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Goodgirlinred
"That is more than my husband and I got to do."
I'm sorry to hear about that. How did he die?
To: Larry Lucido; Goodgirlinred
Sorry, I meant that as a private Freepmail. Please feel free not to post your answer on this thread.
To: SmithL
I don't know about them, but if I saw something like that coming towards me, I'd have started a-runnin'.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:04:01 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
("Senator, we can have this discussion in any way that you would like.")
To: Spktyr
I know if *I* didn't know what the tides were supposed to be like in an area, I might not figure it out until it's too late either. I suspect most of us would have the same problem.Exactly right. Before this tsunami, I'd venture to say very few people knew what conditions preceded a deadly tsunami. Now they do. As they say, hindsight is 20/20.
To: Goodgirlinred
To: WestVirginiaRebel
The photo that shows the water having already receded and the folks strolling unconcerned on the beach is very interesting..they don't even appear to be looking out curiously at the lack of sea. I don't mean to be a Monday morning quarterback or to insult the dead, but it does seem as if the sight of that receding water would make people almost involuntarily run for their lives.
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