The fact that it is sunny make you think there is no danger approaching….. or realize it too late…… unlike thunder storms, heavy rain, heavy wind, etc…… very insidious & hidden danger until too late….
I hate it when they move the camera away from the action to save their lives.
You hear that guys accent, bloody mavelous! Best footage eveah. "Why that wave must be 15' 20' tall easy" lmao!
Being from Hawaii, I felt it was important to share this with my family to underscore the potential danger and the importance of heeding warnings.
I love how they were recording and then when it came higher and closer the dad was like "GET IN GET IN!"
You can feel the exact moment when he realized he's no longer a spectator anymore — truly one of those unbelievable moments.
When I saw this 15 years ago, I honestly expected it to have been uploaded in 2004, not 2009 — time itself feels like another set of unbelievable moments.
There’s a movie about this called The Impossible, starring Tom Holland and his family, showing how they went through the 2004 tsunami in Thailand — it really captures those nature moments of survival.
My sister was in Thailand when the tsunami struck, and somehow she was built different and survived — an unbelievable moment I’ll never forget.
This place is Khao Lak, and after the tsunami it’s said to be one of the most haunted places in Thailand — one of those chilling nature moments tied to history.