Kayaking the tsunami, whoa!

“What a story of a guy sea kayaking when the tsunami hit! And why is there a "t" in tsunami?

http://news.bellinghamherald.com/stories/20050104/TopStories/224950.shtml”

“That is a wild story! See, a science education can save your life!”

“For the same reason Tsumo has a T in it.”

“I wish I could say I surfed the Tsunami, that would be Gnar dude!

Note: (these comments are made with all due respect to those who died in the Tsunami)”

“Also a knowledge of tides.

Tide going out when it should be going in is not a good sign.

In deep water a Tsunami is barely noticable, problem with kayaking is how quickly the water gets deep as you are normally close to shore. Some beaches stay shallow for a very long way out.

Smart guy, and shows the value of always staying aware of your surroundings.

Birds stop chirping just before an eclipse or an earthquake, if no eclipse is scheduled get away from under brick and stone structures, and under support like a doorway or solid table.
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“I am impressed with this guys (all of them, actually) where withal to recognize the signs and actually do the right thing, like get out of there-NOW!!!! and when they ran inland to grab passports, food and water.

Not that I want the opportunity, but if anything like that happens to me, I hope I can act as resolutely as they did.

Impressive!”

“I'm pretty sure I could after I crapped myself. I think most people can't think straight in times of extreme pressure because they try to keep an almost unnatural control of their bodily functions.

You know, I started this out as a slightly sarcastic thought but now I'm wondering if there might be some truth to it?”

“Incredible!”

“A British guy surfed the tsunami...he ended up inside a hotel lobby. I think his wife and child watched in horror as he went by.”

“Last weekend I was looking at some surfing magazines at my buddy's house and asked him if he's heard of any tsunami surfing stories. He hadn't....yet.

I told him I'll bet that within the next few issues stories will arise of surfers who were caught in the tsunami surf and rode out the storm.”

“It must be cool to have an 8th grade science teacher who kayaks in Thailand on his vacations.”

“what an exciting story, one theyll never forget”