The video was taken at Kuji Port in the Iwate Prefecture and was provided by the Kamaishi Port Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).
Imagine being one of those boat captains, seeing the size of that thing then realizing the only possible hope of you and your crew surviving is to charge head on into it. Balls of steel man, massive legends
Funny to imagine someone on the crew shouting "hold on to your butts" lmao. Jokes aside. Yeah its a miracle the ship didn't sunk carrying those planet sized balls of steel.
it’s crazy how from far away, the water doesn’t seem to be coming fast but when it comes closer to you you realize how fast the water is rushing in. scary
It’s quite wild that one of the safest place during tsunami is actually to be on a boat that is charging straight towards the wave. Props to those boat drivers. Not only they managed to survive, they also avoid becoming another wreckage that will add to destruction of the wave at the further end.
They saw death and destruction, and headed right for it. That would go against every instinct (but it’s the best/only option for any hope of survival).
My friend from Sendai actually lost her dad in the Tsunami. He was a fisherman who went out one day and never came back. She was only 23 at the time. Can't imagine the heartbreak. Nature can be merciless.
@@Fiberglass_Insulation Age doesn't matter when it comes to loss. I was 31 when my Dad died and it was still rough on me. I know that I handled the situation a lot better than a lot of people do as well, since I work in the registration of births, deaths, and marriages, so I knew what would happen next and how to deal with the official business. Some of the people I have to help are often wrecked mentally, financially, and/or physically by the loss. Even three years on, I still sometimes get a bit of pain when I have to write 'deceased' next to a parent's name on a marriage certificate, especially when the couple getting married are under 40.
It was very touching but heartbreaking hearing the people on shore shouting and cheering for the boat to stand firm as the wave came closer and closer and it was becoming very clear how dire the situation was becoming. You could hear how desperately they were all hoping the crew would make it despite knowing there was nothing they could do to help.
When you are further from shore the wave is smaller but faster and gradually when the wave comes closer and closer to shore it becomes bigger and a bit slower because (the depth changes) which ends up in destructive result. So the further the boat is from shore the better and it was definitely a smart decision to go face the wave to make the chance of survival higher.
I am Japanese. I'm sorry if this English sentence is strange. When I experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake, I was only 6 years old. I haven't experienced a tsunami, but I have experienced a big earthquake. At that time, when I came back from kindergarten, all the TV channels were reporting on the disaster. The next day and the next day, there were many victims' names at the bottom of the TV screen. When my mother's friend's name appeared on TV, her mother was crying to cling to the TV. Everything was shocking and unforgettable. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for the support we received from all over the world during the reconstruction. I'm really thankful to you.
Imagine a girl holding hands with her mother and running away from the tsunami. However, the mother failed to escape and was swept away by the tsunami.And the girl still can't forget the feeling that her mother's hand was moving away. This was just a few minutes. And that girl was me. I wanna say that you should give love to someone who you love, for there is no guarantee that they will be alive tomorrow. どうか天国で安らかに眠っていますように。
my brother was visiting his son in Japan when the earthquake hit. Like most Americans he didn't speak or understand much Japanese but he knew the word tsunami and hearing it made his blood run cold He followed the people in the streets to a safe place and survived.
The scariest thing is realizing that it's not just a "wall" of water coming at you because a wall is generally quite thin. This was more like an army of water marching towards the shore with wave after wave pushing inland. So scary.
that's what makes tsunamis so destructive - the wave doesn't have particularly high amplitude, in fact in some cases is can be just a metre or two - but the wavelength can be several kilometres long - so you get this relentless flow smashing everything in its path
I live in Philippines, I was 11 when this happened. I remember every shows On TV got cancelled and it was all news throughout the whole day. I skipped school and saw the whole thing unfold live on screen. I remember seeing a boat with people on it tipped and the people fell off and was drag under the bridge by the waves, a car speeding trying to escape the waves went under in seconds, people climbing trucks etc. It was really terrifying. Then there's this Nuclear Melt Down crisis after the tsunami. I'm not Japanese nor lived in Japan but this is one of the events I won't forget. Rest and Peace to all souls lost in this disaster.
Whats really horrible about this is that that the terror we are feeling watching it on a screen is not even half as bad as the last feeling that around 20,000 people ever felt.
@Saquon Barkley Is The Man 26 Just because you don't care doesn't mean other people don't. Humans have what is called sympathy and it makes them care about things like this. I am assuming you don't have this but maybe it's just for this case. Perhaps you care about your family or pets? People may have stronger feelings for loved ones more than people they don't know in Japan but it still works more or less the same. You're point is never going to win against the majority of humanity so it's really pointless and it could potentially cause problems for you in real life if it hasn't already.
@@FriedFrenchFries you fucking rolled the dude witb facts😂 Good stuff man this dude is either a troll or simply lacks sympathy. No need to invest more energy in this dude than neccessary because atleast we care :)
For those wondering, those wave are massive in size and might be travelling close to 200-300kmph. As the video is recorded from a very high point and a far away, it seems the wave might be hardly moving unless it has approached the point close to the people recording. The point at which the wave was at when the video began was probably around 6-10 miles away from the people recording. That wave travelled 6-10 kms in less than 2 mins. Imagine that.
This is just obviously false. The wave was maybe a mile offshore when the video begins. You can see with your own eyes it doesnt start 6-10 miles away. Tsunami can travel up to 500 mph in deep ocean but they slow significantly as they approach land. I'd estimate the water is moving 30-40 mph in this video as it impacts land.
I never understand these tsunami videos. That wave was supposedly 130ft tall yet it’s looks shorter than the sea wall which is probably 30ft tall max judging by the boats.
@@airsoftdude36I thought tsunamis didn't have massive waves, rather water constantly creeping onto land with immense force, raising the sea level there consistently. Been a while since I read up on them, but I had the same as you.
After 10 years, I'm still in shock when I see these videos. At the time, I'd never seen something so unbelievable on video before, and I still haven't since. It looks like something out of a movie. Still gives me chills to this day.
@@TheRipperxX9 Insecure people that assert their intelligence on trivial things and treat it as common sense to feed their own ego are hilarious. It's not hard to understand, it's more that people dont need to (and don't) think about it.
Yuzo Kuwata, the captain of a fishing boat that took waves sideways, mentioned in a later interview, "I had no fear and was steering in a state of intense concentration. Since if I succumbed to fear, we would lose, I had to adopt a mindset of 'What is this, bring it on!' When we managed to avoid the waves and reached the open sea, I felt relieved. I thought we had won the battle."
No, it isn’t. We have a specific word for that which is “Okidashi/沖出し”, which all the Japanese sailors definitely know. This word represents the teaching of our ancestors, who had known the countless number of old tsunami, to protect our ships from them and it means to push the ship toward the offshore immediately, because it is safer to do to survive than to escape to the high ground made of volcanic ash sediment and to abandon their own ships.
Tragic that so many lives were lost on that terrible day. The absolute power of nature can be seen in this 2-5min footage. Love and prayers to the great people of Japan ❤️🙏❤️
I remember watching this unfold live on the news. I was 13 and couldn’t have been any less bothered because I didn’t really have a concept of how fragile life really was at the time. Re watching these videos years later bring a constant chill to my body knowing how many people lost their lives in those moments.
What are you and 1000 people really admitting to? You're accidentally portraying yourself as a bad person. As children, we view life as incredibly fragile and get very sad about sad things, and then we have to grow up and and accept that death happens. Sorry, but I know you know it's true: being overly emotional about things is NOT viewed as adult, it's viewed as... Yes... BEING CHILDISH. What kind of parents did you have that raised such a selfish child? You're not being a good person, you're compensating for your childhood.
0:03 watch out! tsunami's coming! 0:27 make the ship vertical towards the tsunamis 0:33 otherwise ship will be swept away 0:58 that's being swept! 1:08 the angle toward the waves is not good 1:22 make it vertical! Make your boat vertical! 1:30 make it vertical! 1:33 (turn) a bit more,, 1:37 tsunami has come 1:57 it's the end, huh? *Notice* The translation might be inaccurate because of strong Tohoku accent: I'm from Kyusyu
@@davidwoods1188 the smaller one is the one we see at the end. the larger one makes the first two waves, but is not on camera again. Both look to survive unless the current drags it to shore.
I was thinking "Turn into it!!" the whole time. Glad they did before it hit (the first boat did a better job at it though). Glad it looks like they made it
Not the wave is the problem of a tsunami, it's the amount of water coming in for minutes into the land. And that's exactly the difference to a normal wave. A normal wave can also become very big and high, but without that amount of water pushing for minutes it's not as dangerous.
Normally waves are tidal. Most are wind driven. Tsunamis are a column of water moving at 550 mph from the ocean floor to the surface. When they inconter land...devastating
@@kerrystewart3145 you are right, but they don't hit the land with 550mph. Only on the ocean when it not visible on the water surface it is so fast. The tsunami gets slower when it hits the land. Problem is just the huge amount of water coming in for several minutes after the tsunami.
I remember being on the 13f in Akasaka, Tokyo. I had been in Japan a long time so knew what an earthquake felt like but this time was different. I thought at first it was a bomb and then I looked out the window and the few pools on top of the buildings across the street were splashing water back and forth. I looked to my right and saw fires starting and was still not sure it was an earthquake. When the second shock hit, I looked up at the ceiling and thought so this is how I die. The building was on rollers and I thought this is the end. There was a moment where it went silent. I ran out to the corridor and saw tiles all over. The elevator was not working so I ran to the stairs and down, the 1F was locked so I kicked it with my foot. I went outside and saw tiles and glass everywhere. I couldn't comprehend that this was an earthquake as they don't feel like this. This was a blast and hard up and down shaking as I've never felt. I'll never forget that Friday afternoon before 3pm. Time did stop.
yes, that's what many japanese and foreigners said, that it was different and also that it lasted sooo long, which had never happened before! Glad for you, that you made it!
It’s strange I always imagined that tsunamis would be fast and menacing. Buts it’s almost like this slow escalation, where unless you’re experienced don’t seem that dangerous in the beginning.
@@Atharvashukla123 this is taller than a house, you can tell because of long the water takes to fall down when the waves break. it looks like its falling in slow motion
Holy crap. That boat driver needs a medal he hit it at the perfect angle so he didn’t capsize. That would be a terrifying situation. Edit: they both did well, the larger one survived because it was larger, and because of that it’s ok to hit it straight on.
I was 15 years old in 2011, 7:40am and I was late for highschool here in Peru. My mom and I stayed watching the news in awe, horrified...I remember that scene very vividly, both of us petrified thinking 'this must be a movie, this can't be happening' as we watched the first wave arrive...Rest in peace all people that lost their lives that day, praying affected families, relatives and friends can move forward with their lives with support from their communities and government. I'm not even japanese and I remember this day every year. My condolences.
It truly is unfathomable, the amount of energy required to push that much water at that speed from one point in a 360° area and have it travel that much distance.
My family lived on the air station at Iwakuni back in the 70s when my father was in the Marine Corps. There was a small tsunami one year and the ocean was dripping over the top of the sea wall nearby. There’s something unsettling thinking about that….just on the other side of that wall was the entire ocean.
@No Body You did, No Body…in a dream. Because you’re pregnant with wonder about it and lying in feverish curiosity begging repose from your delirious puzzlement…then you screamed…you screamed “Please! Please tell me about the tsunami in Iwakuni! PLEASE RELEASE ME FROM THIS HELLISH PERPLEXITY AT THE UNCERTAIN FATE OF THE AIR STATION!!!!” Your arms spread open and you wept…wept violently into the air filled with eagerness and an unslakable thirst for knowledge. But fear not…for the comment section on a RUclips video shall hold the key to your anguish…because this my child, this is the most important thing in the universe and thank god! Thank the heavens you are here to police it and make sure of its validity and veracity! Thank god you’re here to inquire as to it’s poignancy and interest to others because if you didn’t stand there like a celestial gatekeeper to the vault of sacred knowledge we call “The RUclips Comment Section On That One Video About Tsunamis” then surely the universe would implode in glorious disaster. BLESS YOU NO BODY! GOD BLESS YOU FOR GUARDING THIS FONT OF SUPER IMPORTANT AND ASTRONOMICALLY PRECIOUS DISCOURSE by taking the time and the effort to ask the riddle of confirmation!!!! Your douchebaggary shall be the savior of us all!!!!!!!!! 🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏
@@eaglebauersrecordcollection Just want you to know I appreciate your well developed and articulated response. More sophisticated language I never did see to expound upon the phrase - he doesn't need your permission. Have a glorious life fellow human residing on our little blue astrological body.
That’s what I’m trying to figure out too. It looks like the bigger boat was going in the direction of the smaller one but doesn’t appear in frame. It might have sunk but might just have been out of frame.
They probably saved their craft by doing so; those waves destroyed anything moored in that harbor. People used to take everything out of their boat and sink them for big storms. When the storm subsides, they raise the craft and rebuild. Nature is so awesome.
The one who was sailing the boat was actually smart, he knew that the only way to have better chances of surviving was going straight to the wave before it "breaks" (don't know how to say it in English, hope you have understood me)
@@Rayski_ exactly though... why say Jesus if you are not a Christian? There are literally millions of other words you could use. Y'alls minds are so twisted its not even funny.
When you look at the ocean, the horizon is roughly 3 miles away. So the waves look like they’re not moving in so fast, but in reality they’re traveling at great speeds!
@@nameunknown007 I estimate the observer height to be, on the conservative side, 30 - 60 feet. it is probably more, which gives a distance to the horizon of 6-10 miles
@@chrisdeanjames2898 then you just don’t write 6 miles right without any context. Add the clause that you’re adding up some elevated observer height and how much. If there is no clause people would assume it’s usual average human height at the beach. And if you compare that red pole against the boat and the trees height, and the two story building on the left, they look like they are at least at a 8 to 10 stories building elevation. Which is 100+ feet. Which gives 12+ miles view. But you also see the waves are negligible at that distance unless they are super massive height, which is not in this case. So you don’t see it unless it’s somewhere closer.
Wait until you reach my age you'll have thoughts like "I can't believe it's been 30 years..." and then you'll remember it was 20 years ago when you thought "I can't believe it's been 10 years..." and you'll feel very, very old.
I slept thru it in the bus when coming back from school! You have no idea how confused i was when come home and find my room looking like someone came thru my house knocked everything to the floor. Ugh was not happy about cleaning that up.
They're not any faster than normal waves. It's just a bigger wave and lots more water behind it. I've heard people claim that tsunamis move at over 500 km/h and I call BS on that. It wasn't moving any faster than a person could run.
@asolitaryartistonline I think it's a bit disingenuous for people to write that tsunami waves travel 500 km/h when they know darn well that they're not moving at that speed when they're near the shore, and out in the open water the waves are tiny and insignificant. It's only at the shore where they do damage. Anyway, those are my thoughts. So long.
@@TCUsouthpaw thats what I noticed. At first I was like why are they steering away from the shore and into the tsunami but I see the boat withstood the wave
I could not help but feel a strong sympathy and deep respect for the Japanese people, still thriving on top of such calamities as Tsunamis, Earthquakes, .... !
Exactly. And then you look at a continent like sub Saharan Africa where the ppl haven’t evolved for thousands of years despite not having too many natural disasters. Really tells you we are not all equal and though we are all a species of Homo sapiens, there’s distinctive types that are lesser Lol
I remember when this happened the whole world was sad. I was working as a intern for a over seas company and it was so sad seeing my colleagues brokenhearted crying.
Watching the waves crash into the city is crazy but the look back at the ocean and being able to tell that THERE'S STILL SO MUCH MORE WATER COMING! Now that, that's a whoooole 'nother level.
Hitting the wave straight on is the common sense way to ride out a tsunami actually. If their boat was perpendicular to the wave they would have been flipped over, and of they tried to go for shore they would have been slammed against rocks and stuck there while the water washed over them.
The best way for a decent sized boat to face a tsunami is to rush toward deeper seas, the waves will be smaller because they start to gain height when they reach shallow water. Besides that, they would usually go head first into the wave to reduce the resistance as much as possible and not be flipped, being too close to the shore will result in the boat being washed onto shore and cause more damage or get stuck
This is scary. You really cant tell if its just a wave since it dramatically rises in intervals at a gradual pace. I expected to be an instant rise, but prayers out to those affected.
I live in Oklahoma but was on a 3 week exchange trip in Sendai. I left the week before it hit. Crazy to think about. The people of Japan and my hosts were the kindest, smartest people I ever met. Despite losing their homes, I'm so thankful those that hosted me survived. R.I.P to those that didn't.
Can’t really figure out how People would feel for this issues all over the World, I Feel for everyone affected in this Heartbreaking Tsunami. I am NIGERIAN, We have accumulated Wealths all over Our Land, We hardly experience earthquake in Our Land. We have People that live in Nagoya Japan, Okinawa, Nagasaki, Tokyo Etc. They are mainly into Exportation to Nigeria, They export Suzuki Every, Daihatsu HIJET, Atlas Nissan 150, Canter, Dell, Hp and so many items most of them destroyed during this Tsunami problems. I Wish to be in Japan, I have a valid Passport and I Love their Culture, Their Neatness, Their Warmth and Their Overall Development. I can even receive anyone that wants to come to Japan.
I know you meant well, but time to look up the word "xenophobia". You technically made a racist statement too, by definition. 🤷♂️ We both know how unlikely it is that the people you met in Japan were the nicest people you've ever met. You need a much more diverse friend group if what you say is even remotely true in your context.
@@PoliceBodyCams01 Sofitel Khaolak, Thailand. I was with four other people on the first floor in the room talking about excursions, when the whole room suddenly got flooded. I was the only survivor of us five. 'Fun' fact: despite a horrible number of deaths in it, lots of people died in their rooms, the hotel reopened as JW Mariott Khaolak
@@etnogamer7073 wow. I never been in a situation like this. you had a angle on your shoulder! may I ask you another question? do you get flashbacks because of this happening?
@@PoliceBodyCams01 No, not really, almost no nightmares. But I didn't want to talk to anyone for like three days after it. Was really angry, but couldn't find anyone to blame. I guess it's a natural reaction when something this bad happens to you. I had almost drowned there.
Because tsunami getting bigger and bigger when it near the lands, that when it's so devastating. But if you in the middle of the ocean/sea you can't really tell, it just feel like a strong current underneath you.
Both of those & I would add wind, myself. Straight-line winds, hurricanes, & tornados can be absolutely devastating, too. At least we usually get more notice for hurricanes here in the Gulf Coast. I've been getting suggested videos of the Joplin, MO & El Reno, OK tornados lately. Remembering Joplin as the 10 yr anniversary approaches of that deadly F5 that hit rt after H.S. Graduation Ceremony & left over 150 people dead, including more than a few of those new graduates. This deadly tsunami occurred just a couple wks prior to Joplin. May of 2011 was a horrifying month. RIP to all who perished in either. Condolences to all the families who suffered the loss of 1 or more loved ones in these tragedies.
Water keeps you alive and fire keeps you warm. I trust them both but i fear and respect them in equal measure. As a lifetime boat captain i could see exactly what those boat captains were trying to do and totally respect their efforts however the outcome.
This is still the modern-day, well-documented tsunami event ever caught... amazing but really.. indescribably scary My reference is about documentation. From air, from the seas, to individuals inland.
@@leofiala184 I don't know why people always give more attention to 2011 only because it's Japan, about 22.000 people died here while in 2004 about 200.000 people died.
This was just the first wave. The really big one came about two minutes after this. There was another video on RUclips taken from the same rooftop that shows it hitting
It is actually pretty safe in a bigger boat if you face a big wave. I know if a tsunami was coming I'd take my boat out and try and get past the "break zone" and just go over a wave that hasn't broken yet. I'd save my boat in the process. Prolly what these guys were doing since fishing was probably thier biggest source of income.
Do you think for a second that he knew about it? He had no choice but to face it. It's not like he said "oh cool a Tsunami coming, me gonna go fishing me big balls" ...
I was 7 and had my exam on that after giving my exam i came home when i saw my father watching news of tsunami on television my father unfolded whole story back then and i am very sympathized for all japanese people for what they edure...in 1945 and then 2011
The amount of force behind those waves is unimaginable. I spent many years on the ocean and its power is second to none. Most people are unable to even conceive of the power that water holds.
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Imagine being one of those boat captains, seeing the size of that thing then realizing the only possible hope of you and your crew surviving is to charge head on into it. Balls of steel man, massive legends
Their balls are so big I bet they're still bouncing from the wave! Boing! Boing!
Funny to imagine someone on the crew shouting "hold on to your butts" lmao.
Jokes aside. Yeah its a miracle the ship didn't sunk carrying those planet sized balls of steel.
It was their only option
Cheehee 808 ,,,,copy that :)
silly question but can someone explain to me why charging head onto it helps them survive?
it’s crazy how from far away, the water doesn’t seem to be coming fast but when it comes closer to you you realize how fast the water is rushing in. scary
Water is powerful
its because out in the ocean you have no point of fixture to compare the speed of the waves to, its the same with clouds really
This is the really famous tsunami right (I say famous cuz I'm pretty sure there was an I Survived book based on it)?
Like 200-300 km/h
Yes, it actually is more terriying than Hollywood-made up 500m tall tsunami
Bravo to the person recording this. They actually videoed the Tsunami and the ocean. Well done.
bro built different fr
And thought to move to higher ground before recording.
And they didn't shake the camera to hell while recording
Not funnt
“Videoed”
It’s quite wild that one of the safest place during tsunami is actually to be on a boat that is charging straight towards the wave. Props to those boat drivers. Not only they managed to survive, they also avoid becoming another wreckage that will add to destruction of the wave at the further end.
They saw death and destruction, and headed right for it. That would go against every instinct (but it’s the best/only option for any hope of survival).
Boat drivers , we call them Captains.
@@garywoody5594 agh! Not this debate again….
Actually safer out to sea......or on a mountain far inland.
@@garywoody5594 No, they are skippers.
I speak a little Japanese so I can help translate:
“Oh shit the entire ocean is coming”
It's like watching an old Godzilla movie.
This made me lol... fuhhhh
That was the first guy. The second guy said "Oh no, look at that boat out there". And the third guy said, "thank god that isn't us".
Ocean:Yeet
Humans: fuck we all gonna die
How can you joke about this! Thousands of innocent peoples live were taken. Thank yourself extremely lucky to be alive to write such a hanous comment.
Those 2 boat captains were the bravest ever sailed on the raging tsunami!
Thats actually what you do as a captain of a ship
I'll bet they were docked before the announcement, and to save the ship, they sailed in to the waves. Just a guess, might be wrong.
@@VariSun possibly yes...
Either you die in the tsunami or you die by ending yourself because of the shame you brought upon yourself for abandoning your job
@@VariSun Exactly
My friend from Sendai actually lost her dad in the Tsunami. He was a fisherman who went out one day and never came back. She was only 23 at the time. Can't imagine the heartbreak. Nature can be merciless.
Nature doesnt choose victims though
@@Fiberglass_Insulation Age doesn't matter when it comes to loss. I was 31 when my Dad died and it was still rough on me. I know that I handled the situation a lot better than a lot of people do as well, since I work in the registration of births, deaths, and marriages, so I knew what would happen next and how to deal with the official business. Some of the people I have to help are often wrecked mentally, financially, and/or physically by the loss. Even three years on, I still sometimes get a bit of pain when I have to write 'deceased' next to a parent's name on a marriage certificate, especially when the couple getting married are under 40.
@@Fiberglass_Insulation what?? dumb comment
@@aw_shucks17 I don't know what was I thinking that night
@Baby Hunn oh shut up. Not all fishermen hunt whales and all that shit. This guy's dad probably catch fish to sell it or eat it.
It was very touching but heartbreaking hearing the people on shore shouting and cheering for the boat to stand firm as the wave came closer and closer and it was becoming very clear how dire the situation was becoming. You could hear how desperately they were all hoping the crew would make it despite knowing there was nothing they could do to help.
Major props to those boats that made it over the waves, holy hell
Boats do have props
They learned it from captain iglo
When you are further from shore the wave is smaller but faster and gradually when the wave comes closer and closer to shore it becomes bigger and a bit slower because (the depth changes) which ends up in destructive result. So the further the boat is from shore the better and it was definitely a smart decision to go face the wave to make the chance of survival higher.
imagine if it had stayed where the wave broke
Bet they were absolutely shitting themselves
1:31 black smoke from that ship . Means the captain said "Full power full speed ahead" ,, wwwoowwww his quick decision saved his boat.
Probably life too
yeah man, balls of steel. like in an action movie. the screams..... the look in his face when the boat rushes towards the wave..... epic.
:D
Interesting, thanks for sharing that!
That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen.
[POTC theme starts playing]
Hes definitely been through some shit in his life
I will never forget watching this live while in college. I skipped my class to keep watching. The footage was unbelievable
My teacher paused everything and put it on live... unbelievable...
your teacher must be angry, while you wathing😂
for me it was the same with 9/11 and the Tsunami of thailand i was child back then.
really was good news....not good news but good news
Same
Whoever was in control of that fishing boat deserves a raise.
100%
I'm getting a lot of Tsunami videos in my recommended, I hope This is not a weird sign of something to come.
10 year anniversary. Hard to believe that long ago.
Same 😅😵
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It’s nice to live in the Midwest for once
The only time I'm glad to live in the east of South America. No earthquakes, no tsunamis, no natural disasters at all.
I am Japanese. I'm sorry if this English sentence is strange. When I experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake, I was only 6 years old. I haven't experienced a tsunami, but I have experienced a big earthquake. At that time, when I came back from kindergarten, all the TV channels were reporting on the disaster. The next day and the next day, there were many victims' names at the bottom of the TV screen. When my mother's friend's name appeared on TV, her mother was crying to cling to the TV. Everything was shocking and unforgettable. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for the support we received from all over the world during the reconstruction. I'm really thankful to you.
Really very hurt
This
how did they identify the bodies if everyone looks the same
@@KaliDurga108
Grow up.
@@KaliDurga108why do you have no life?
@@KaliDurga108i can tell youre like 13 because the attempt to make a rscist joke was there but you couldnt even do that right.
Imagine a girl holding hands with her mother and running away from the tsunami. However, the mother failed to escape and was swept away by the tsunami.And the girl still can't forget the feeling that her mother's hand was moving away. This was just a few minutes. And that girl was me.
I wanna say that you should give love to someone who you love, for there is no guarantee that they will be alive tomorrow.
どうか天国で安らかに眠っていますように。
Omg I’m so sorry
Sorry to hear that... May God give you strength
Gah, right in the feels.
Hope everything will look good in your future. May god bless you with strength and courage. 🙏😔
Love you
I’m so sorry
my brother was visiting his son in Japan when the earthquake hit. Like most Americans he didn't speak or understand much Japanese but he knew the word tsunami and hearing it made his blood run cold
He followed the people in the streets to a safe place and survived.
Glad your brother is okay.
The scariest thing is realizing that it's not just a "wall" of water coming at you because a wall is generally quite thin. This was more like an army of water marching towards the shore with wave after wave pushing inland. So scary.
If only there was a word for this
And this was a small one considering.
@@Angelwt26 yes like maybe the word tsunami
that's what makes tsunamis so destructive - the wave doesn't have particularly high amplitude, in fact in some cases is can be just a metre or two - but the wavelength can be several kilometres long - so you get this relentless flow smashing everything in its path
@@TheTurkeyTerrorizer that's the joke
I live in Philippines, I was 11 when this happened. I remember every shows On TV got cancelled and it was all news throughout the whole day. I skipped school and saw the whole thing unfold live on screen. I remember seeing a boat with people on it tipped and the people fell off and was drag under the bridge by the waves, a car speeding trying to escape the waves went under in seconds, people climbing trucks etc. It was really terrifying. Then there's this Nuclear Melt Down crisis after the tsunami. I'm not Japanese nor lived in Japan but this is one of the events I won't forget. Rest and Peace to all souls lost in this disaster.
Me too, I was 11. Watching this on TV after school waiting for my mom to get off work.
It was pretty scary
Your 22
@@reversalpurple ofc, this happened 2011, its 2021 now. Lol ofc I'm an grown up adult now.
@@johnrellperez1565 Aye man I love visiting the philippines. How is the quarantine there at the moment? things opening up in manila?
@@nicluvin3731 its cooling down here now.
Whats really horrible about this is that that the terror we are feeling watching it on a screen is not even half as bad as the last feeling that around 20,000 people ever felt.
@@Potet_Norge lol why should we?
@Saquon Barkley Is The Man 26 Just because you don't care doesn't mean other people don't. Humans have what is called sympathy and it makes them care about things like this. I am assuming you don't have this but maybe it's just for this case. Perhaps you care about your family or pets? People may have stronger feelings for loved ones more than people they don't know in Japan but it still works more or less the same.
You're point is never going to win against the majority of humanity so it's really pointless and it could potentially cause problems for you in real life if it hasn't already.
@@FriedFrenchFries you fucking rolled the dude witb facts😂
Good stuff man this dude is either a troll or simply lacks sympathy.
No need to invest more energy in this dude than neccessary because atleast we care :)
Saquon is just attention seeking, get back to your normal commenting procedures people.
@Saquon Barkley Is The Man 26 this bitch wants attention 🤣🤣
For those wondering, those wave are massive in size and might be travelling close to 200-300kmph. As the video is recorded from a very high point and a far away, it seems the wave might be hardly moving unless it has approached the point close to the people recording. The point at which the wave was at when the video began was probably around 6-10 miles away from the people recording. That wave travelled 6-10 kms in less than 2 mins. Imagine that.
This is just obviously false. The wave was maybe a mile offshore when the video begins. You can see with your own eyes it doesnt start 6-10 miles away. Tsunami can travel up to 500 mph in deep ocean but they slow significantly as they approach land. I'd estimate the water is moving 30-40 mph in this video as it impacts land.
Tsunamis don't travel anywhere near that speed once they come close to shore because of the friction with the seabed
I never understand these tsunami videos. That wave was supposedly 130ft tall yet it’s looks shorter than the sea wall which is probably 30ft tall max judging by the boats.
@@airsoftdude36I thought tsunamis didn't have massive waves, rather water constantly creeping onto land with immense force, raising the sea level there consistently. Been a while since I read up on them, but I had the same as you.
@@b0nes95 Well apparently Alaska had a 1700’ tall tsunami however the hell that happened.
Watching this 10 years later still breaks my heart, RIP to the people that died in the tsunami and lost their homes and loved ones🙏
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RIP ALL life lost in the tsunami.
@@brubh7209 It is not a question to answer by no 😒 it is just a links .. don't be scared .. it won't bite 🤦♂️
In first instance I read "homies" and loved ones
@@brubh7209 what's wronge with you ?? just open it for a minutes .. why you are soo afreid of it .. it's youtube links not viruses
After 10 years, I'm still in shock when I see these videos. At the time, I'd never seen something so unbelievable on video before, and I still haven't since. It looks like something out of a movie. Still gives me chills to this day.
Same here!
@@Scott-dn1bk That's true. I'd love to know who cooked up that idea.
@@Scott-dn1bk to feed the godzilla i think
Same with 9/11 videos :/
@@plugwaIk True.
For those wondering, the guy talking was cheering on the boats to straighten (towards the waves).
Thanks for explaining.
Sad to watch
So was everyone with a little sailing and basic physics knowledge
I got that even without knowing whatever language they're speaking
@@JohnyG29 Japanese.
@@TheRipperxX9
Insecure people that assert their intelligence on trivial things and treat it as common sense to feed their own ego are hilarious. It's not hard to understand, it's more that people dont need to (and don't) think about it.
Yuzo Kuwata, the captain of a fishing boat that took waves sideways, mentioned in a later interview, "I had no fear and was steering in a state of intense concentration. Since if I succumbed to fear, we would lose, I had to adopt a mindset of 'What is this, bring it on!' When we managed to avoid the waves and reached the open sea, I felt relieved. I thought we had won the battle."
that is absolutely mental.
The guys in the fishing boat are the Japanese version of Forrest Gump and Lieutenant Dan, the only boat to survive the tsunami
OMG ITS JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIES!!!!
Did they Survive ??
They normally get washed land inwards and the boats wrecked there.
true
bro i shouldn't laugh 💀💀💀
I guaranteed those boat captains. When they docked later and the families are safe. It’s time to take the skin boat to tuna town. All abroad
First I was thinking "hmmm this doesn't even look that bad"
But then I realized the scale and was like "holy sh!t, that's a huge wave!"
Same. Once you see the trees, it puts everything into perspective.
It’s not bad until it hits the shallow water. Deep water hides the true scale of the wave.
Imagine if the barrier wasn't there!! Also 500like :)
Isn't that just the smaller first wave? I think further away in the ocean you can see second bigger wave coming.
@@Eorzat broo i thought the trees were people at first thats why. I thought it was so small i had to rewind it
The captain of that smaal fishing boat is a savage!
There is no other way but to conquer fear.
No, it isn’t. We have a specific word for that which is “Okidashi/沖出し”, which all the Japanese sailors definitely know. This word represents the teaching of our ancestors, who had known the countless number of old tsunami, to protect our ships from them and it means to push the ship toward the offshore immediately, because it is safer to do to survive than to escape to the high ground made of volcanic ash sediment and to abandon their own ships.
@@HiyokoTKMT Ah, sumo term, too.
It belongs to chuck noris
@@HiyokoTKMT That's interesting! But these where a bit late I think... if there was a chance to get out earlier at all
Tragic that so many lives were lost on that terrible day. The absolute power of nature can be seen in this 2-5min footage. Love and prayers to the great people of Japan ❤️🙏❤️
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"The absolute power of nature" Stop making everything sentient. It's just a bunch of atoms mashing into each other. It's not a cohesive entity.
I remember watching this unfold live on the news. I was 13 and couldn’t have been any less bothered because I didn’t really have a concept of how fragile life really was at the time. Re watching these videos years later bring a constant chill to my body knowing how many people lost their lives in those moments.
Exactly the same!
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JESUS CHRIST will come very soon! Repent!
same man. i was at the park with 2 of my friends late at night seeing it happen. i was scared just watching it tho
What are you and 1000 people really admitting to? You're accidentally portraying yourself as a bad person. As children, we view life as incredibly fragile and get very sad about sad things, and then we have to grow up and and accept that death happens. Sorry, but I know you know it's true: being overly emotional about things is NOT viewed as adult, it's viewed as... Yes... BEING CHILDISH. What kind of parents did you have that raised such a selfish child? You're not being a good person, you're compensating for your childhood.
0:03 watch out! tsunami's coming!
0:27 make the ship vertical towards the tsunamis
0:33 otherwise ship will be swept away
0:58 that's being swept!
1:08 the angle toward the waves is not good
1:22 make it vertical! Make your boat vertical!
1:30 make it vertical!
1:33 (turn) a bit more,,
1:37 tsunami has come
1:57 it's the end, huh?
*Notice*
The translation might be inaccurate because of strong Tohoku accent:
I'm from Kyusyu
Thank you
Thank you so much!
Thank you!
Thank you.
The sound of desperation and powerlessness is universal to any language. You can feel it in their voice.
Thanks.
*A BIG SHOUTOUT* to those guys on the Boat for *FACING AND PASSING* that Tsunami in order to Survive
There were 2 boats out there the smaller one got swallowed up :(
@@davidwoods1188 the smaller one is the one we see at the end. the larger one makes the first two waves, but is not on camera again. Both look to survive unless the current drags it to shore.
I was thinking "Turn into it!!" the whole time. Glad they did before it hit (the first boat did a better job at it though). Glad it looks like they made it
The larger one sank for sure.
how the heck you make your typing bolded in youtube comment!
This the tsunami that lead to the death of my japanese stepfather. :(
Rest in Peace Papasang Shigeru Ochiai.
I'm sorry for your loss, if only these things would be predictable.
God bless.
Rest in peace :(
RIP sorry for your loss
He was a good man and stepfather as you remember him like this.
A tsunami looks more like a swell than a big tall giant wave as I always imagined it.
True in a sense but that wave is pretty large.
Not the wave is the problem of a tsunami, it's the amount of water coming in for minutes into the land. And that's exactly the difference to a normal wave. A normal wave can also become very big and high, but without that amount of water pushing for minutes it's not as dangerous.
Normally waves are tidal. Most are wind driven. Tsunamis are a column of water moving at 550 mph from the ocean floor to the surface. When they inconter land...devastating
@@kerrystewart3145 you are right, but they don't hit the land with 550mph. Only on the ocean when it not visible on the water surface it is so fast. The tsunami gets slower when it hits the land. Problem is just the huge amount of water coming in for several minutes after the tsunami.
@@MuracosaSven true. I forgot to mention it slowing down before landfall. Thank you for the correction.
I remember being on the 13f in Akasaka, Tokyo. I had been in Japan a long time so knew what an earthquake felt like but this time was different. I thought at first it was a bomb and then I looked out the window and the few pools on top of the buildings across the street were splashing water back and forth. I looked to my right and saw fires starting and was still not sure it was an earthquake. When the second shock hit, I looked up at the ceiling and thought so this is how I die. The building was on rollers and I thought this is the end. There was a moment where it went silent. I ran out to the corridor and saw tiles all over. The elevator was not working so I ran to the stairs and down, the 1F was locked so I kicked it with my foot. I went outside and saw tiles and glass everywhere. I couldn't comprehend that this was an earthquake as they don't feel like this. This was a blast and hard up and down shaking as I've never felt. I'll never forget that Friday afternoon before 3pm. Time did stop.
yes, that's what many japanese and foreigners said, that it was different and also that
it lasted sooo long, which had never happened before! Glad for you, that you made it!
Tldr
@@Quantumz9TL;DR:
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@@Quantumz9re
Real life tsunamis scare me more than movie ones because they look so innocuous.
Yeah you are right
Tryna define innocuous?
It didn’t look that big, until suddenly it was.
@paul Thanx
Interstellar
10yrs on and still one of the most eeri videos ever.
Just as I was about to click off I realised
Right. 47,000,000 people clicked on this clickbait to see this "amazing footage". Less than 1 in 300 actually liked it.😒
*eerie
It’s strange I always imagined that tsunamis would be fast and menacing. Buts it’s almost like this slow escalation, where unless you’re experienced don’t seem that dangerous in the beginning.
@Siren HeadTsunamis don’t seem that dangerous in the beginning unless you're *expirienced*
@@Atharvashukla123 this is taller than a house, you can tell because of long the water takes to fall down when the waves break. it looks like its falling in slow motion
@@p.g.v.3765 ok
@@Atharvashukla123 you watched so many movies
@Calex Us and the wave is coming to you, so you can't appreciate how fast it goes
One of the best clips on RUclips.
Holy crap. That boat driver needs a medal he hit it at the perfect angle so he didn’t capsize. That would be a terrifying situation.
Edit: they both did well, the larger one survived because it was larger, and because of that it’s ok to hit it straight on.
so because of depht tsunami couldn't grow up, so this saved them
Best way to face a wave like that is to face it head on. That second ship almost capsized because it was hit on the side.
wwhere is the other one ? there were two boats..
I reckon living to see another day is a good enough reward
@@pardonalaura5605 near the end of the video you can see both touching each other. They kinda collided. But staying with each other
There are two ways to survive the tsunami. One is to escape to a high ground. The other thing is to get on the boat of a good captain's ship.
That actually makes sense
Obi-Wan would approve of that first option
True. The best place to be during a tsunami is atop of a hill or mountain. The second best is in the sea, facing the waves straight up.
3. Go out to sea as far as you can get away from land
Or go to the epicenter of the earthquake
I was 15 years old in 2011, 7:40am and I was late for highschool here in Peru. My mom and I stayed watching the news in awe, horrified...I remember that scene very vividly, both of us petrified thinking 'this must be a movie, this can't be happening' as we watched the first wave arrive...Rest in peace all people that lost their lives that day, praying affected families, relatives and friends can move forward with their lives with support from their communities and government. I'm not even japanese and I remember this day every year. My condolences.
This is the Indonesia tsunami of 2004.
@@brianteskey2425huh???
😢2011年、私は7歳でした,父と私が乗っていた船の近くで津波に遭い溺れた日のことを今でも覚えています
wait how are you alive??
Every time I see these videos my heart aches for the victims. The loss of entire communities and life saddens me to no end.
Shit happens
@@MuddyBubby hopfully to you
Same. Ugh! 😣😢💔
No doubt
Dói nada para de ser mentiroso
It truly is unfathomable, the amount of energy required to push that much water at that speed from one point in a 360° area and have it travel that much distance.
It's absolutely crazy, it even reached usa west coast with still enough power to do some minor damage to boats etc
I was ten and living in Japan when this happened. Luckily my area wasn’t hit by the tsunami but I was terrified to say the least.
Same I was 4 living in Japan and the tsunami is the reason why my family and I moved to america
Wel it is a wave no tsunami
@@lunalyianz6974 bruh get some fucking knowledge
@@kombat7508 its still a wave?
@@lunalyianz6974 do you lack braincells?
海面が徐々に上がってきて陸地に流れていくシーンは知ってるけど、ここまで波をしっかり認識できる映像は初めて見た
10年前の動画にコメントがこんなに！
あの日の事は何年経っても忘れない。
助けてくれて、気にかけ続けてくれてありがとう。
復興し始めた街も見て欲しいな。
I'd like to travel to Japan one day. Greetings from Poland 🧡
I'd like to travel to Japan one day. Greetings from Poland 🧡
I'd like to travel to Japan one day. Greetings from Poland 🧡
遠からず次は関東がやられるってのに予算を出し渋る東大法学部閥の霞が関官僚たち。第二次大戦だけでは飽き足らず第二の敗戦革命を仕掛けたいらしい。ピンとこないなら「林千勝」で検索。
Salem from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
I remember watching these tsunamis live. I have nothing but respect for the people of Japan.
当時仙台港に在住していました。津波も怖かったですが地震が特に怖いと感じたのを覚えています。あの時支援してくれた自衛隊、自分を誘導してくれた警官には感謝しかないです。ありがとう。
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ (1) اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ (2) لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ (3) وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ (4)
👍🏻
My family lived on the air station at Iwakuni back in the 70s when my father was in the Marine Corps. There was a small tsunami one year and the ocean was dripping over the top of the sea wall nearby. There’s something unsettling thinking about that….just on the other side of that wall was the entire ocean.
@No Body no body
@No Body RUclips comments are public. He doesn't need your PTS.
@No Body You did, No Body…in a dream. Because you’re pregnant with wonder about it and lying in feverish curiosity begging repose from your delirious puzzlement…then you screamed…you screamed “Please! Please tell me about the tsunami in Iwakuni! PLEASE RELEASE ME FROM THIS HELLISH PERPLEXITY AT THE UNCERTAIN FATE OF THE AIR STATION!!!!” Your arms spread open and you wept…wept violently into the air filled with eagerness and an unslakable thirst for knowledge. But fear not…for the comment section on a RUclips video shall hold the key to your anguish…because this my child, this is the most important thing in the universe and thank god! Thank the heavens you are here to police it and make sure of its validity and veracity! Thank god you’re here to inquire as to it’s poignancy and interest to others because if you didn’t stand there like a celestial gatekeeper to the vault of sacred knowledge we call “The RUclips Comment Section On That One Video About Tsunamis” then surely the universe would implode in glorious disaster. BLESS YOU NO BODY! GOD BLESS YOU FOR GUARDING THIS FONT OF SUPER IMPORTANT AND ASTRONOMICALLY PRECIOUS DISCOURSE by taking the time and the effort to ask the riddle of confirmation!!!! Your douchebaggary shall be the savior of us all!!!!!!!!! 🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏😊🙏
@@eaglebauersrecordcollection Just want you to know I appreciate your well developed and articulated response. More sophisticated language I never did see to expound upon the phrase - he doesn't need your permission.
Have a glorious life fellow human residing on our little blue astrological body.
Damn, you owe that wall big time
Does anyone know if that bigger boat survive? It was a bit sideways when it got over the wave initially, and we do not get to see it afterwards.
That’s what I’m trying to figure out too. It looks like the bigger boat was going in the direction of the smaller one but doesn’t appear in frame. It might have sunk but might just have been out of frame.
It survived, there's actually an interview with the captain on RUclips
R.I.P for those how died terribly in a tsunami
15,800..
@@PaneraBreadstick even more
rip
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Not The Real Bracelety 巍峨為ㄘㄨㄗㄗㄗㄗㄔㄓˋㄟㄛㄛㄧㄧㄧㄛㄧㄧㄧㄧㄛㄛㄟㄟㄛㄛㄛㄛㄛㄛㄛㄚㄚㄚㄜㄡㄩㄕㄜㄠㄣㄣㄣㄛㄛㄛㄛㄚㄟㄛㄛㄟㄟㄟㄠˉㄘㄘㄘㄛㄣㄦㄘ˙ㄔˊㄡㄛㄟㄧㄚㄔㄔㄗㄘㄘㄨㄘㄕㄘㄘㄕㄕㄅㄅㄅㄅㄉㄅㄈㄋˋㄦㄦㄡㄜㄟ
The power of water and a tsunami is mind-blowing and impressive! That boat amazed me😲
bruh whoever sailed that one boat casually still sailing around, hats off
They probably saved their craft by doing so; those waves destroyed anything moored in that harbor. People used to take everything out of their boat and sink them for big storms. When the storm subsides, they raise the craft and rebuild. Nature is so awesome.
There’s a video from the captain of the boat showing him approach that huge wave it’s crazy
The one who was sailing the boat was actually smart, he knew that the only way to have better chances of surviving was going straight to the wave before it "breaks" (don't know how to say it in English, hope you have understood me)
That mans name was Lt. Dan and he was pissed off at the storm.
@@TheMilanBlanc wow
Damn, that wave looks pretty unimpressive out in the ocean, but the second it collides with anything it shows how much is behind it.
10 Years from this. My condolences to all people affected
10 year later and 2.5k people are still missing, rip to everyone
Y everyone in comments so gay?
@@osb70 Nah. I am critically aggressive by all the virtue signalling.
your profile pic is uzumaki ?
@@nakmuay2727 yup
It's not until the boats disappear between the swells for a second that you realize just how big those waves really are. Jesus.
Why do you says Jesus's name in vain? And you probably say Oh my __
@@oneway2godyeshua jesus christ why the fuck not? Go to sleep
@@Rayski_ exactly though... why say Jesus if you are not a Christian? There are literally millions of other words you could use. Y'alls minds are so twisted its not even funny.
@@ShaggyPker Jesus is a dumb shitty overhyped name. The fact that you get triggered at people just saying it is hilarious.
@@oneway2godyeshua I knew a baseball player named Jesus.
I was literally searching up on Tsunamis out of curiosity only to realize it's March 11, 2021. Exactly a decade since this has happened.
me too.. i hope those who lost their life are at peace :(
what same
Same.
Same
Its mind boggling how quickly mother nature can turn on us. That was just two minutes and change.
based on other comments about the scale of the video and observing the video overall, the red tower you see is about 50 feet
When you look at the ocean, the horizon is roughly 3 miles away. So the waves look like they’re not moving in so fast, but in reality they’re traveling at great speeds!
6 miles to the horizon
@@chrisdeanjames2898 isn’t that SquareRoot(5.5 / 0.5736) = 3 miles. Eyes about 5.5 feet above the ground
@@nameunknown007 the horizon is at 6 miles not 3 miles the video is not shot from 5.5 feet.
@@nameunknown007 I estimate the observer height to be, on the conservative side, 30 - 60 feet. it is probably more, which gives a distance to the horizon of 6-10 miles
@@chrisdeanjames2898 then you just don’t write 6 miles right without any context. Add the clause that you’re adding up some elevated observer height and how much. If there is no clause people would assume it’s usual average human height at the beach. And if you compare that red pole against the boat and the trees height, and the two story building on the left, they look like they are at least at a 8 to 10 stories building elevation. Which is 100+ feet. Which gives 12+ miles view. But you also see the waves are negligible at that distance unless they are super massive height, which is not in this case. So you don’t see it unless it’s somewhere closer.
I remember being a young child watching something like this on the news with my parents, I can't believe it's been 10 years...
Same I’m 18 now we collected socks for them at my elementary school
ok?
Wait until you reach my age you'll have thoughts like "I can't believe it's been 30 years..." and then you'll remember it was 20 years ago when you thought "I can't believe it's been 10 years..." and you'll feel very, very old.
I was just thinking this
I slept thru it in the bus when coming back from school! You have no idea how confused i was when come home and find my room looking like someone came thru my house knocked everything to the floor. Ugh was not happy about cleaning that up.
I've seen a lot of videos of this tsunami. This is the first one that really shows how big and fast the waves are.
True
They're not any faster than normal waves. It's just a bigger wave and lots more water behind it. I've heard people claim that tsunamis move at over 500 km/h and I call BS on that. It wasn't moving any faster than a person could run.
@@taekwondotime They do move that fast in the open ocean, but when they start reaching the shore they slow down and stack up.
@@taekwondotime idk man, i’m pretty fast but when the wave hit the pier i feel like it would’ve beaten me and i would be swallowed up
@asolitaryartistonline I think it's a bit disingenuous for people to write that tsunami waves travel 500 km/h when they know darn well that they're not moving at that speed when they're near the shore, and out in the open water the waves are tiny and insignificant. It's only at the shore where they do damage. Anyway, those are my thoughts. So long.
You don’t realize how big those waves are until you see the ships going threw them?!!😮
Crazy watching this. Those in the boats and on the rigs must have felt so helpless. Very sad. RIP to all who perished 💔❤️🙏
The boats would have been the safest place ironically.
@@TCUsouthpaw thats what I noticed. At first I was like why are they steering away from the shore and into the tsunami but I see the boat withstood the wave
@@9188jenni shallower the shore the taller the wave that hits. Had to go out to save themselves.
@@9188jenni Land is your worst enemy if you're in a boat in a tsunami. They put to sea just in time.
Relax, they're fine. Better that then on land.
I could not help but feel a strong sympathy and deep respect for the Japanese people, still thriving on top of such calamities as Tsunamis, Earthquakes, .... !
And Godzilla on top of everything else.
@@Michael-tc1dm lol
Il
It can happen again where the continents meet.
Imagine Venezia.
The Alps are a result of it. foccil fish prove it.
Exactly. And then you look at a continent like sub Saharan Africa where the ppl haven’t evolved for thousands of years despite not having too many natural disasters. Really tells you we are not all equal and though we are all a species of Homo sapiens, there’s distinctive types that are lesser Lol
That boat sailing on the tsunami gotta be the best pirate i've ever seen
mugiwara
Reminds me of the san Andreas movie....
Jackdaw
So it would seem
And so it would seem
July 2024 I was in 4th grade when this happened so crazy how time flies
I remember when this happened the whole world was sad. I was working as a intern for a over seas company and it was so sad seeing my colleagues brokenhearted crying.
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Congratulations to the ship's captains who knew how to behave in that situation
It's crazy how I couldn't even imagine how such an enormous amount of water was moved... Wow
Right? Like on its own, it doesn't look like much. But when you take a look it hits you.
How does the water move like that tho i really dont understand it
@@nunofyabizzness8867 it doesn't look like it's destructive at first until you think, dang it picked up a building😵
Underwater testing of secret us military weapon.
@@royalloyalty8248 lmfao ill believe it once i get high again😭
Damn, those boats hastening trying to get out of the harbor knowing they would've at least have a chance if they went head on to the waves.
BALLS OF STEEL on those captains
Lil boat got ate though :/
@@toast1238 nah it made it
It´s the safest way out
津波の恐ろしさはどの動画でも伝わってくるんだけどその中でもこの動画は群を抜いて津波の恐ろしさがわかる気がする
勢いと迫ってくる海の壁ということが如実にわかる･･･
Watching the waves crash into the city is crazy but the look back at the ocean and being able to tell that THERE'S STILL SO MUCH MORE WATER COMING! Now that, that's a whoooole 'nother level.
Those guys on the ships facing the waves instead of running to the mountains deserve my deepest respect
Hello Jane how are you doing
Only way to save a boat is to get it out to sea, same in a cyclone
Hitting the wave straight on is the common sense way to ride out a tsunami actually. If their boat was perpendicular to the wave they would have been flipped over, and of they tried to go for shore they would have been slammed against rocks and stuck there while the water washed over them.
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The best way for a decent sized boat to face a tsunami is to rush toward deeper seas, the waves will be smaller because they start to gain height when they reach shallow water. Besides that, they would usually go head first into the wave to reduce the resistance as much as possible and not be flipped, being too close to the shore will result in the boat being washed onto shore and cause more damage or get stuck
This is scary. You really cant tell if its just a wave since it dramatically rises in intervals at a gradual pace. I expected to be an instant rise, but prayers out to those affected.
It rises on shallow waters.
Watch the video from the Airport.
Можно же понять ,что будет цунами.океан отходит на какое-то время. Зачем плавать на лодках?
Maybe you should have prayed earlier for them not to be affected.
@@noname-pu4fx , the boats would have already launched before the ocean receded.
I live in Oklahoma but was on a 3 week exchange trip in Sendai. I left the week before it hit. Crazy to think about.
The people of Japan and my hosts were the kindest, smartest people I ever met. Despite losing their homes, I'm so thankful those that hosted me survived.
R.I.P to those that didn't.
Can’t really figure out how People would feel for this issues all over the World, I Feel for everyone affected in this Heartbreaking Tsunami.
I am NIGERIAN, We have accumulated Wealths all over Our Land, We hardly experience earthquake in Our Land. We have People that live in Nagoya Japan, Okinawa, Nagasaki, Tokyo Etc. They are mainly into Exportation to Nigeria, They export Suzuki Every, Daihatsu HIJET, Atlas Nissan 150, Canter, Dell, Hp and so many items most of them destroyed during this Tsunami problems.
I Wish to be in Japan, I have a valid Passport and I Love their Culture, Their Neatness, Their Warmth and Their Overall Development. I can even receive anyone that wants to come to Japan.
I know you meant well, but time to look up the word "xenophobia". You technically made a racist statement too, by definition. 🤷♂️ We both know how unlikely it is that the people you met in Japan were the nicest people you've ever met. You need a much more diverse friend group if what you say is even remotely true in your context.
@@awesomeferret shut up
Okadarda değil dünyanın en nazik insanlarında değiller
@@awesomeferret useless, pathetic comment
10年の時を経て、未だにこうしてコメントをくれる海外の兄弟姉妹たちにとても感謝しています。
As a 2004 tsunami survivor, I can say that this the most horrific experience if you get caught up in it.
where happened it
@@PoliceBodyCams01 Sofitel Khaolak, Thailand. I was with four other people on the first floor in the room talking about excursions, when the whole room suddenly got flooded. I was the only survivor of us five. 'Fun' fact: despite a horrible number of deaths in it, lots of people died in their rooms, the hotel reopened as JW Mariott Khaolak
Jeezus… just…. Thank god your alive
@@etnogamer7073 wow. I never been in a situation like this. you had a angle on your shoulder!
may I ask you another question?
do you get flashbacks because of this happening?
@@PoliceBodyCams01 No, not really, almost no nightmares. But I didn't want to talk to anyone for like three days after it. Was really angry, but couldn't find anyone to blame. I guess it's a natural reaction when something this bad happens to you. I had almost drowned there.
It's hard to tell exactly how big the waves are from that distance.
Because tsunami getting bigger and bigger when it near the lands, that when it's so devastating. But if you in the middle of the ocean/sea you can't really tell, it just feel like a strong current underneath you.
@@CuriousPug12 sometimes out in the ocean you won't even feel it but hear it pass you
It's not hard for me, since I'm smarter than you.
@@CooManTunes 😆
@@CooManTunes dude wtf, that’s amazing
One of the most incredible videos I’ve seen
漁船の船長さん凄すぎる、下のコメでは生き残ったようで何より。
よくあの波を抜けたわ、すごい度胸と腕。
これ画面で見ると大した様に見えんのですが船からだとド修羅場でしょうな。
No hablo Taka Taka señor... Nisiquiera lo voy a intentar
Si
It's been 10 years and we will never forget all those people that lost their lives
What people? 🤣
@@thisguy9042 Japanese people
Is that a flat earth in your pfp?
@@thisguy9042 dumb child.
name three of them
There are really only two things that I both respect and don’t trust in life, water and fire.
Both of those & I would add wind, myself. Straight-line winds, hurricanes, & tornados can be absolutely devastating, too. At least we usually get more notice for hurricanes here in the Gulf Coast. I've been getting suggested videos of the Joplin, MO & El Reno, OK tornados lately. Remembering Joplin as the 10 yr anniversary approaches of that deadly F5 that hit rt after H.S. Graduation Ceremony & left over 150 people dead, including more than a few of those new graduates.
This deadly tsunami occurred just a couple wks prior to Joplin. May of 2011 was a horrifying month. RIP to all who perished in either. Condolences to all the families who suffered the loss of 1 or more loved ones in these tragedies.
Water keeps you alive and fire keeps you warm. I trust them both but i fear and respect them in equal measure. As a lifetime boat captain i could see exactly what those boat captains were trying to do and totally respect their efforts however the outcome.
Mine would be carnival rides and the female menstrual cycle.
Yeah, I don't respect humans either
Sharks, Lions, Tigers, Bears, and Spiders are added to the list
The sheer weight of all that water…. takes tremendous power to generate that force.
it was about as strong a G force as you'd feel in a rollercoaster I believe
This is still the modern-day, well-documented tsunami event ever caught... amazing but really.. indescribably scary
My reference is about documentation. From air, from the seas, to individuals inland.
2004
@@erikeriks This one is way more documented
@@leofiala184 I don't know why people always give more attention to 2011 only because it's Japan, about 22.000 people died here while in 2004 about 200.000 people died.
@@leofiala184 that pisses me off so bad.
@@erikeriks i didnt give it more attention, i just told that japan tsunami was more documented
I remember this in grade school. Was a massive world wide deal.
Err, yes
Imagine what those boat captains were looking at ! At that point you’re committed. Point the bow into the wave and work those throttles baby !
maybe water
@@MochaFur1 whatever smart ass
@@danmcintyre7100 hee hee
@@MochaFur1 HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
In thrust we trust...
The wave looks perfect and surfable in the beginning, I wonder how big it actually was when it crested off shore and started to break.
I was just thinking, wow what a perfectly shaped righthander. even with a ski I don think you could stay on it.
First thing I thought : "is the person in the small boat stupid or is he blind?"
Then you see this one passing that wave... Balls of steel
First: they didn't knew it and by the time they knew it, it was too late. They did better by staying there coz they won't have made it back.
There was a major tsunami warning. Those pilots knew long in advance. Their boats would be much safer under way than tied up.
Only chance to make it by going head on
Tied up to the pier means certain destruction.
押し寄せる波が綺麗なブルーすぎて…なんとも言えない気持ちになる。
これが陸地に入ってくる頃にはドス黒く変わってるんだよね
Man I can’t even imagine what it felt like being inside that boat
A lot safer feeling than land, i assure you.
One fisherman got off the boat saying, "I'm scared of the sea."
It must have been a very scary experience.
Imagine being in a damn car 😭
Better than on shore.. been out to see on rough waters. That lil swell is nothing.
Bouncy probably
This was just the first wave. The really big one came about two minutes after this. There was another video on RUclips taken from the same rooftop that shows it hitting
I am japanese.
I was young at that time.
I still remember that.
Sad reality.
Many people died.
I pray for soul.
Thank you.
I also in Japan on that time....but I love rehaana and Sara raja
Fishermans with balls, big balls .... who dares to face a tsunami? only men of great courage!
It is actually pretty safe in a bigger boat if you face a big wave. I know if a tsunami was coming I'd take my boat out and try and get past the "break zone" and just go over a wave that hasn't broken yet. I'd save my boat in the process. Prolly what these guys were doing since fishing was probably thier biggest source of income.
Exactly. Riding past the breakers is the best way to do it. However, these guys had a little time from casting off to facing the incoming waves.
Man with no brain.
Do you think for a second that he knew about it? He had no choice but to face it. It's not like he said "oh cool a Tsunami coming, me gonna go fishing me big balls" ...
He was protecting his investment. And obviously he was a old salty, going out to the waves instead of being docked.
RIP to those who lost their lives, I came here on the 11th of March 2021, after 10 years of the deadly tsunami
I was 7 and had my exam on that after giving my exam i came home when i saw my father watching news of tsunami on television my father unfolded whole story back then and i am very sympathized for all japanese people for what they edure...in 1945 and then 2011
I’m Japanese and I want one thing to tell all you guys.
Don’t underestimate nature.
@Tag Nuts because they face it regularly ,
真っ黒な波っていうのが恐ろしい
見ていて寒気がする
ラクトバチルス 日本人がいるとは
Msdjana dbab dhsgs evevds!
What??? 😐😐
Wala walla bing bang bong we tu low captajn sum ting wong ho lee fuk
only sound that came to mind was
"those aren't mountains, those are waves"
I saw the mountains and thought it was the wave for a second... Holy shit it getting bigger! Ohh wait no thats the mountains haha
INTERSTELLAR
The amount of force behind those waves is unimaginable. I spent many years on the ocean and its power is second to none. Most people are unable to even conceive of the power that water holds.
I think we can all conceive it, it's not just fartingforkeeps with a handle on these things