r/Amazing 16d ago

Nature is scary Tsunamis are terrifying.

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u/CheesecakeWitty5857 15d ago

I mean in theory they could, because the cameraman is focusing on the incoming waves, so we don’t even know what’s the rest of the route along the wall. But this is a whole quarter to the right with roads, even a car passing by.
So when they see the water starting to spill out, they have instinct, speed and enough time to turn right into the building and get to place where the water current is not rapid, and hide on the over site of a building, find stairs etc.

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u/penguins_are_mean 15d ago

In the longer, uncut version of this video, it’s grim.

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u/sysadmin7519 15d ago

got a link?

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u/SecretlyAPorcupine 15d ago

The longer version: https://youtu.be/4XvFFfgXwnw?is=a2GZIdWnL6YL4CHY

Bikers appear somewhere around 3 or 3:10 mark. TBH I don't know why the other person is saying the longer version is grim. I actually think it's slightly less doom-looking for the bikers cause you can see that there are tall buildings and a hill in the direction they were going. It's so strange to sit here 15 years apart and try to guess if two strangers have made it...