OMG... New Footage Of When Tsunami Hit The Fishing Port Of Miyako

[WillyT]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646

:wow:

:grouphug:

[Beaverhausen]

1. holy crap!

[Motown_Johnny]

2. you took the words right out of my keyboard

I can't believe there were people driving over that bridge even after the boat was swept under it.


Some crazy shit going on there.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. !!!!!! Amazing

[somone]

3. Horrific to watch

Many of the homes and vehicles had people in them

[RebelOne]

4. That's what I was wondering.

Were there people in those boats and cars?

[tridim]

7. The video caught glimpses of people driving on the road

They probably had no idea what was coming just seconds later. So sad.

[MadMaddie]

6. They are pulling many bodies out of flooded cars

the drivers had no chance.

I live in the Seattle, Wa area and there was a snippet that said that when the next big one hit's this area it will be of the same magnitude as the Japan earthquake and Tsunami.

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. Maddie, who said that?

I am from Seattle area originally and have family there......my son was in a brick building near the Viaduct during the last big quake..he said he watched the wall just fall away, he made it to the street ok , thank god.

[DJ13]

8. Thats frightening

[kestrel91316]

9. BBC has several excellent, if disturbing, videos on that page.

[Delphinus]

17. Disturbing is right.

The one of the tsunami coming in was scary.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. NIGHTMARE!!!

[BadgerKid]

11. Wonder what people were thinking after the quake hit.

Apparently it was at least 1.5 hours before the tsunami hit (ref: http://www.livescience.com/13180-japan-tsunami-earthquake-explained.html).

Edit: Maybe only 30 minutes according to one horrible account (ref: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x634351)

[uppityperson]

12. For the nearest it was 15 min, not 1.5 hr.

[live love laugh]

13. Those poor people on the highway had nowhere to go in one of the videos. Horrific. nt

[tblue37]

14. Some of those boats, cars, and buildings that were swept away and slammed into other things

would undoubtedly have had people in them. I dread the ultimate body count. It is going to get much, much worse, I fear.

[somone]

15. Yes, they're finding bodies in cars:

Parents look at the body of their daughter they found in the vehicle of a driving school in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture. Kyodo News, via Associated Press

[NutmegYankee]

23. Oh God!

That caption! What a horrible thing to find! :cry:

[lovuian]

16. th power of water is truly amazing

amazing footage

my heart is so sad for Japan

[WillyT]

18. Kick !!!

:kick:

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Here is another tsunami vid taken at almost eye level as the water rises.

Simply breath taking. It is quite like actually being there.

A 2nd watching improves the viewer's orientation of the street and clearly shows that the person taking the video began shooting at ground level, then gradually had to climb a stairway as the water continued to rise.

http://gizmodo.com/#!5781566/this-is-the-scariest-first+person-video-of-the-japan-tsunami-yet

[closeupready]

20. horrifying.

:scared:

[DawgHouse]

22. There are no words. n/t

[malaise]

24. Damn

:cry: :cry:

[AsahinaKimi]

25. horrible

:cry:

[a kennedy]

26. My heart just breaks for all of Japan.....

:cry: :cry: :cry: