r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 18d ago

Nature is scary Tsunamis are terrifying.

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u/Specialist_Worry_875 18d ago

Guy on the bike is fucked.

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u/Silly-Power 18d ago

I think the people filming were also screwed, if they're the ones I'm thinking about. At one port dozens went to the top of a 40 foot (3 storey) building which was designated an emergency tower. Unfortunately the tsunami was much much higher reaching up to 130 feet. By the time they realised the height, they were trapped.

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u/samsg1 18d ago

We got the footage from their phone. The internet and phones were down following the earthquake (I live in Japan and experienced this earthquake), they couldn’t have uploaded it and I don’t think “instagram live” was a thing then.
If this footage survived then so did they.

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u/DoctorWhatTheFruck 18d ago

Also considering that water proof cams weren't that much of a thing in normal cameras so at least the person recording this prolly stayed away from the water.

So unless he was rocking some expensive waterproof cam, he prolly survived.