JJ, this will help understand better why so many people died during the tsunami...

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CNN was showing footage of the older fellow holding onto the side of a building, water up over mid-chest. The debri was banging against him and it looked very painful. That debri was very dangerous in the water.

 

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Not sure if this was the same footage General ... but I saw some other footage on CNN that showed a guy hanging onto a balcony railing which did not seem too stunning compared to the other videos they have shown until they said that it was a first story balcony he was reaching for!!!

Simply unbelievable!!

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They had show on Discovery and expert said its the debris churning in the water that kills most. Mother Nature can be a real *****.

 

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did you guys read the article about what the water did to that train? picked it up and tossed it around like a "toy" is what they said, the water also ripped the tracks out fo the ground.. 1000 people died on that train alone.

 

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Velocity of water was killer, not depth of water

 

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See the article on the Drudge Report where people are still headed to some of these islands on holiday?


People are nuts.

 

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WARNING - graphic photo.....

JJ's right, velocity of the water was the killer. People surf in 30 foot waves but not going 600 MPH. Hard to even imagine a wall of water going that fast. This is what it looks like afterwards.......


http://www.imgmag.net/images/nloarchive/ruumiita4ft4zq.jpg