dugongfanatic t1_j74v3ph wrote on February 4, 2023 at 2:09 AM

Reply to comment by saluksic in 3/11 - The Tsunami: The First 3 Days (2023) [00:48:35] by LetMeSleep21

If you want to see an absolute HORROR of tsunami footage, I recommend watching Boxing Day tsunami footage. The Bandeh Aceh footage is some of the most terrifying film in history in my opinion and I was raised in the rotten dot com age. There is nothing on this planet that could’ve prepared me for that, it’s unreal. I believe there’s only one known existing video of the tsunami actually hitting.

In some ways I think it’s worse because of the lack of preparation. I went through a tsunami deep dive/research phase a few years ago - had a design project regarding disaster prep materials and the content really grabbed me. Historical research and first person accounts of natural disasters became a bit of a passion project after that assignment.

ermahglerb t1_j779jb1 wrote on February 4, 2023 at 4:51 PM

Yeah that tsunami was many many times worse than Japan's, mainly because there was no real warning system in the less developed countries that were hit. I think over 200,000 people were estimated to have been killed.

dugongfanatic t1_j78lr5c wrote on February 4, 2023 at 10:28 PM

Upwards of 230k, an absolutely incredible loss of life across the globe

thatranger974 t1_j75b9h4 wrote on February 4, 2023 at 4:23 AM

I forgot about rotten dot com.

dugongfanatic t1_j75eua9 wrote on February 4, 2023 at 4:58 AM

I’d like to forget.