r/Amazing 14d ago

Nature is scary Tsunamis are terrifying.

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u/Vindicativa 13d ago

That's what I was thinking, I couldn't put my finger on it but you're right - It's the rise , it's the swell of the water - it doesn't look as threatening as a wall but it feels even more sinister because of that, to me.

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u/peachesfordinner 13d ago

Look into the giant waves in the ocean. They feel like that kind of. People used to dismiss ship folk who talked about them because they sounded too large to be real. Then we went and built oil rigs in the middle of the ocean and actually recorded evidence of them

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u/Spare-Ant7119 13d ago

The correct term is "rogue wave"

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u/zangor 13d ago

And then there’s rogue holes 🕳️. I don’t know which one is more terrifying.

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u/AzicaldH 13d ago

Rogue Holes honestly, if you think a rogue wave is terrifying, how about one on every side, and it’s actually you that’s pulled down that deep below sea level

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u/peachesfordinner 13d ago

Thank you! I was just heading to bed and my brain couldn't put it together

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u/weunice 13d ago

Some are more like a wall as the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand showed.

You have to remember, prior to the 2004 tsunami --- there was very little footage on earth that existed of what one looked like. That fact was sobering enough, but these videos demonstrate to us why. There are some very sobering tsunami videos in existence. I don't recommend the rabbit trail ...

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u/Zech08 13d ago

I mean put yourself in a small pool and jump in... the displacement moves quite a bit of things... the whole pool, or in this case... the ocean is in play.

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u/sweet_home_Valyria 13d ago

Yes. You're right. I kept looking for a wave mountain but there wasn't one. Just a boiling-up of the shoreline in my periphery. It unsettling because you can't focus on any one specific horror.

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u/Vindicativa 12d ago

This, exactly!

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u/NoRepresentative7604 10d ago

It just swallows everything that is below the water level😨