How a Day at the Beach Killed 230,000 People in a Matter of Hours
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10 year old Tilly Smith was able to recognize some telltale signs of a tsunami, before it hit the beach. What are tsunamis? Are they all deadly, capable of wiping thousands of lives? Do they just appear mysteriously, or is it natural to have tsunamis occur? How to tell if a tsunami will happen? Let’s get into it!
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@@nahhhhhhhhhhhhyhhh how lol
@@moldymacronx9227 ok
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I would if they shipped other then only US/Canada...
This girl is a lesson in trusting yourself even when people who are supposed to know better tell you you're wrong
But what if your are wrong
@@axel665 Then, using the same example, people would just have and inconvenient day of not enjoying the beach that will be there tomorrow.
@@axel665 When you sense something is wrong, you want to prepare yourself for incase it actually happens. IF you're wrong then you're wrong. But if you're right, well you did listened to your instincts and survived.
If you are unsure of a situation, and your gut is telling you something is wrong, better safe than sorry regardless of if you turn out to be wrong or not,. but you're less likely to be wrong if there is evidence you are right. There are definite signs of a tsunami, these people were lucky Tilly was paying attention both in class and on the day. Glad she didn't give up /let the adults dismiss her warnings just because she was a child.-there's a lesson there for adults too- at least verify what the child is saying like the Dad did in the end instead of ignoring or dismissing their concerns outright., especially when they are clearly serious and genuinely worried like Tilly was.
But her mother thougt shes right and trusted herself
What a brave child, continuing to insist even when adults thought she was wrong. I'm glad she was rewarded as she deserved!
They should've been forced to stay to learn their lesson
They should've been forced to stay to learn their lesson
@@nathanlomeli8316 you can’t learn a lesson if you’re dead bro
See what happens when schools teach things that can save you.
It should be mandatory to learn life skills like that! Instead propagenda.
I remember a teacher of mine at primary school, telling us a story of a japanese man, who saw the ocean disappear. All the townsfolk stood on the shore watching the water recede. The elder man had seen this before. He knew what would happen next. A huge deadly wave. The only way he could warn the others was by setting fire to his crops. The townsfolk came to put out the fire saving them from the deluge.
In gratitude for the old man sacrificing his crops to save them, they shared their harvests with him.
What's more, the story is true.
Goryo [Gohei] Hamaguchi of Hirogawa, Wakayaqma pref, Japan. December 1854.
@@KiwiSentinel It is a pretty well know warning, of Tsunamis. Although at that age, 7 or 8, I had never heard of that phenomenon.
@@KiwiSentinel Thanks for the ref.
The burning of the Ricefield
My cousin was in Indonesia that day,she was on her honeymoon. She was feeling unwell so just wanted to relax. She went to the beach to rest on a deck chair. Her husband decided to go bike riding up in the hills. He saw the wave coming and rode as fast as he could to get to my cousin. He got to their hotel but it was too late for him to reach the beach. My cousin had started to feel really unwell and had gone back to the room to rest in the cool air conditioned room. He really thought he had lost her. They were both very fortunate that day.
Oh yeah I live in indonesa and yes you all were in the ring of fire so yeah lucky you! ❤
Even if they're kids, sometimes they know something that we don't. Adults shouldn't underestimated that
Actually more like (the adult didn't study /remember the lesson from their teachers)
I remember reading somewhere that children can often fare better than adults in sudden crisis situations because they don't rationalize threats away and thus end up reacting sooner.
@@hlol1544 would you remember i know i wouldn't i would probably just forget after three years
Listen to your children.
@@OriginalUnjustifier I believe it .. Plus our way of life is all wrong. Adults literally believe it’s nothing anyone younger than them can tell them that’s beneficial.
literally the worst experiences i had as a kid were desperately trying to express something important, screaming until my face turns blue, jumping up and down trying to get somebody, anybody to listen to me, and being overlooked like I was invisible. One time, I was fully choking on a piece of bacon, couldn't breathe, I was hitting and shaking my mum, who was talking to my grandma, who was sat literally across from me. I was tugging and hitting her to get her attention, she yelled at me to stop without looking at me, and I, age 6, had to reach down my own throat, and pull out this long string of bacon. Literally almost choked to death.
were you a disciplined child other times? or did you cause tantrums at the slightest of inconvenience?
What was her reaction when she saw you almost chocked to death?
Divorce your mom. If shes cant bother to look at you when you are hitting her, shes not deserving of family.
@@tyronbasista2729 Why does it matter?
@@ONeill01 Lack of trust.
It's crazy that the life guards did not know what it means when the water recedes that far from shore. That girl is incredible for having enough confidence to say what she knew and to stick with it even when they said she was wrong... Good for her!
Yea,right..good..girl..Save..humanity..
You know you are talking pure b.s right?
I mean you don’t have to know it means a tsunami is coming but if you’re job is to watch the water everyday you should figure the tide leaving all of a sudden means nothing good if you stay on the beach. To be really honest if you see the tides leave you already F up… if there isn’t enough high ground near you then you’re a goner
@@whereisacbijustice-4ssrdis737Bro wdym
You would think that someone who works next to the beach would be trained for that kind of thing! It's basically like a park ranger not knowing the signs of nearby bears.
The thing that always bothered me about this story is that the little girl was the only one on the beach that knew the signs. The lifeguards didn't know the signs of a tsunami and it's their entire job to keep people on the beach safe
Fresh knowlage vs stale knowlage.
Pathetic...
Agreed. No real world knowledge. Just like when people want to pet cute polar bears in a zoo.
What utter nonsense … back in 2004 they were utterly unknown … I live at the sea and back then maybe 1/100 knew … it was simply no topic … nowadays people know because of 2004! And Roland Emmerich!
@@GanymedeXDtsunamis have always been a thing why would people only start knowing about them after 2004?
As someone who live in the ring of fire, I don't get how people can be unaware enough not to think it's a calm before the storm. That girl deserved to be awarded for give awareness to those adults.
As someone who also lives in the ring of fire (i'm from Chile lol) Seeing people not believing what the girl says is extremely weird for me
As someone who live in the ring of fire and at a city next to an active volcano, i dont understand why non-specialist(geologists and scientists) foreigners love climbing up a volcano
As someone who lives in the ring of fire (NZ) I'm always shocked at how whenever we have a tsunami warning or alert, a few hundred people always gather on beaches to try and watch it come in. By the time they see it, it would already be to late (if it were a large wave that is).
And the teacher too as she probably wouldn’t know that information if weren’t for him
I bet most people who live in the ring of fire don't know what it is like us citizens thinking they are the only Americans... ever heard of Canada or Mexico just to name 2
As someone that's lived by the ocean for most of my life, I'm absolutely shocked that it took a child to recognize the signs of a oncoming tsunami and not one of the lifeguards or locals that should have been present.
Anyone who lives in places vulnerable to tsunamis should have also have been taught this stuff when they were that girl's age.
But were they paying attention during the lectures? (The girl of course, but the parents and authorities…)
Right?! I grew up in a double landlocked state and barely EVER saw the ocean, but we still learned about tsunami signs in like, second grade science. I didn't realize this wasn't public knowledge?!
I'm under the impression that most of the people there were tourists, who probably wouldn't have known anything about tsunamis.
@@mournblade1066 Being a tourist is no excuse for ignorance. One should always study the dangers of somewhere they visit, whether it is sharks, venomous reptiles, the geography, earthquakes, volcanoes etc.
Most locals don't see tsunami in thier lives these things don't happen often. Unless they learn it from thier grand parents or in school.
Incredible that her own mother was in the most denial about her daughters knowledge. That’s really sad for a mother. You trust your child that little? Parents need to listen to their children.
I mean mothers can be as bad/worse as some fathers tooc
Its pretty commonly accepted behavior unfortunately.
@@riftdesigns3100people in general can be bad, historically both genders are evil
It is a pride trap we all fall to. Considering everything is impossible so we ignore most from "juniors". Even though their knowlage is the most fresh.
Ok next time if my kids tell me there is monster in closet I would believe them and take kids out the house and sell the house. Then find out it was kid’s imagination. Darn to heck you little kids
If you see a child that is absolutely adamant and firm in their convictions that something bad is about to happen, listen to them. The fact that the lifeguards couldn't even recognize the signs is appalling.
It’s either a tsunami or a real demon in their closet.
I am amazed by how no one on that beach, except that child, knew about the warning signs of a tsunami... the shore receeding is quite a noticeable sign by itself. Living in a high risk region and not being taught such generic knowledge is a failure of the local school system. I live in Italy where there is no risk of tsunami or whatsoever, and yet I was taught about them in elementary school...
Yeah, why wouldn't that be something the lifeguards are trained in? She learned from a video she watched once so it doesn't seem like that difficult a concept to learn.
I wonder how it's possible for a lifeguard to not realize things that a 10 y.o girl realized. It's shameful, really.
@@KhoiruunisaRF The one who trained/instructed him should be shamed, not the one that was never taught what should have been.
yall see the year of video he showed the class? safe to assume this was not very recent twas a different time then
I am not sure what part of Italy you live in, but Italy is prone to Tsunamis, if you live by the coast. Look up the 1908 Italy Tsunami, it was bad.
So wholesome even after all that she was greatful still credits her teacher for the knowledge of saving her and everyone. He must've been a great stand up guy.
Grateful*
@@Xilladan093grow up
When I was a kid I had a pen pal in Sri Lanka, her name was Yasara. I stopped hearing from her after this. I always wondered if she was a victim or if her life just got so uprooted by it that she couldn’t continue writing. I remember watching it on the news and how horrifying it was… I can’t imagine being there in person.
I hope she's okay
I hope she's ok cause especially if she wasn't living in shore Area back then she's fine lol 👀😅
I am from costal area of sri lanka
If you are able to give me more information i can try to Serch for her.. I was a 14 year kid back in 2004. We were luckily some distances awy from cost. But more than 50 000 people lost there life in sri lanka
GOOD GIRL!! She saved SO many people!! And what a smart teacher to show his students that video!! It really was a horrible situation all around, but she put a little sunshine in the story. And she wouldn't quit until her family was safe!!!
I had a lecturer once who said that I'll always trust whatever my kid tells me about natural disasters because it's the age when the children know best about what adults forgot.
I’ve seen the show Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader and most adults fail those questions. If I was at a beach and a little kid said a tsunami was coming I wouldn’t stand around and see if it was coming. I know I don’t remember everything my science teachers said to the class lol. 🏃🏼 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️
There’s also a true story about a little boy about 7, his photographer father took him camping within the designated potential danger zone of my. Saint Helens before it’s eruption, so he could get some photos of the pre-eruption clouds and such. The boy, although not really understanding that volcanoes and his father reassuring him that they weren’t in any danger, claims he had a sense of impending doom, and started acting “hysterical”. Finally his father gave in and decided to take him home, but the minute they were outside of the danger zone the boy completely calmed down and agreed to camp overnight still just not in that first area. So they set up camp and waking early the next morning they saw that the volcano was about to erupt. As most people know it did indeed erupt and it covered all of that area around the lake completely. Which was exactly where they had set up camp the evening before. People need to give kids more credit. Not only are their memories and understanding of things they learn far more accurate than many adults, they also have very good natural instinct that adults tend to lose, plus they don’t have the ego which causes them to be afraid they might be wrong. Just believe them. It’s their life you need to protect as well and if they don’t trust you’ll listen to them when they’re afraid of something like this, they’ll never really trust you. And that’s far worse than acting on caution and being wrong.
My dad had ash in a vial from mount saint Helens.
@@msdouglas12100 My local Kentucky Fried Chicken in the Midwest sold ash in little plastic containers.
The boy may have heard the infrasound, which gave him the sense of impending doom. It's sound below audible sound, but some people can still sense it. We may have evolved the ability because things like seismic activity and a tiger's roar can produce infrasound.
It's almost always PEOPLE I get this about.
I have a baby food jar of ash from that event, but you can't ever open it, as it's full of silica (ground glass)
They might also not have the "it wouldn't happen to me" mindset yet because they're more imaginative and open-minded
Dec 26, 2004. Won't ever forget that terrible day. My ophthalmologist lost his sister-in-law that day, but he, his wife, and three children survived. He was still in a state of wide-eyed shock when I visited his offices for a check-up after lasix surgery I had had before he went on holiday with his family. We are from South Africa.
I need to know if tsunamis can happen in Long Island
@@brandonleake5898how about you ask google instead of someone in South Africa 😂
That little girl reminded me of my niece that day....she was 4 yo at that time. We went to the beach as she loved playing in the sands and swimming with me.
We went to the beach early...and...for some reasons...she kept looking at the water and refused to go into the water. We did not forced her to go play in the water and just hang out at the beach, making sandcastles...😄
Went home early after we ate an early lunch and went home to put her down for a nap...well the whole fanily took a nap too.
Woke up around 3-4pm and felt like the floor was moving...thought I was just giddy from sleep...turn on the tv....and saw the news.....the Aceh tsunami.
I lived and worked in Singapore at that time. Lucky for us..Singapore is covered from the tsunami path by other countries.
Your lucky you were is Singapore
Everyone is crediting the girl, and yes, she does deserve it, but I wanna give credit to the teacher. A truly good educator, so good, that she remembered the lesson.
to be fair the girl credited the teacher.
You can learn anything, but if you don’t have the courage to act on it, the knowledge is useless.
I remember everything the peaked my interest or that was taught in an exiting way. They need to focus a lot more on that
This is common in all classes, the teacher is doing his job. Plus the child actually new what to do so I give props to the child for actually remembering it.
She acknowledged the importance of his lesson. I think we tend to applaud the person who applied the lesson.
I want to know why a lifeguard believed her while her parents didn't. We need a statement from the lifeguards' point of view.
Also, why did the life guard not notice the warning signs...
They probably know some of the warning signs.
@@AzDoll714 tsunami isn't everyday occurrence. He probably know but wasn't aware until the father warned him, which then hits him and decided to clear the beach.
Tilly had been shown the warning signs only a couple of weeks earlier. The lifeguard had probably only been told about the signs rather than watching a video and probably much longer ago.
That's how memory works. They weren't thinking about their training but once somebody pointed it they remembered what the learned.
What a perceptive girl! Not only did she pay good attention to the lesson, she carefully observed the ocean enough to recognize the signs. It's not as easy as one would think! Good for her - she deserves even more recognition!
Regarding tsunami warning: Simeulue, one of the closest spots to the actual earthquake, actually had a relatively low death toll because their ancestral folklore spoke of the sea once retreating way out and then coming back in a huge tsunami. (That was in 1907, it turns out.) So when the retreating happened, they realised what was coming and fled into the hills, surviving the tsunami.
The unsung hero of this video is the police officer who *punched a hole through the roof* to save the lives of those in the police station
But the real question is was that guys name Steve
@@creditcrazy597 and did he not have a skin in minecraft?
And he only mostly used his upper body and arm strength. Impressive how much strength adrenaline can draw out of people who are in dire situations.
He's a real one.
he said "ora ora ora ora"🤣
I don't understand these people. If your child is wrong than you've just wasted sometime but if your child is right then you saved all your lives. How can you not assume the worst and act accordingly?
Most people won't take the youngs for serious, sadly
Which shame on the parents for completely ignoring their clearly panicked child. If it was me, I personally would've asked the kid why they think the way they do, so that way I can actually confirm whether or not the child is doing it for attention, worried about nothing, or if there's actually a reason to be concerned.
in fairness, we all know the end of the story, so we know that she turned out to be right. he parents did not have that advantage.
sometimes kids are wrong (or are just making believe) and we don't hear about it, so it's not so crazy that her parents thought it was improbable that their 10 year old would detect a tsunami before any authorities said anything.
🤷♂
@@LittleParody to be fair the average child is always making things up. If you spent enough time around enough kids you’ll know what I mean. That’s the reason children aren’t usually taken seriously. But yeah the only reason she eventually was taken seriously was because what she was saying was logical and not based in fantasy unlike most kids.
@@theoverunderthinker the signs were pretty obvious..
Now imagine if her teacher didn't discuss that particular topic two weeks earlier, or if he did but Tilly missed it, or if she didn't follow her gut feeling. So many possibilities. Glad that she's got a good head on her shoulders and a brave heart.
That policeman in Bandah Aceh probably deserves a medal or two. From the description in this video, he saved quite a few people on that day.
Heard about this not long after the tsunami occurred, and I couldn’t help but think how the entire incident is a literal demonstration of how the right knowledge can save lives.
And a frightening reminder of what can happen when a populace is ignorant.
It pays to listen to science sometimes.
My teacher was there in Thailand with her husband on that exact beach that year, she didn’t know anything about tsunamis so she wasn’t able to escape the wave. It managed to injure one of her lower limbs so badly to the point that it was dangling down from her upper limb, and later when she was rescued and brought back home to the country the limb was amputated because of painful infections. She told my class this story but with much much more details of course, now she walks with a prosthetic leg and there are some things she can’t do anymore such as running. I can’t imagine what she had to go through over the years cause this is not something you forget easily! All love to her.💗
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All the locals were yelling to the tourists to get of the beach. It’s so weird people were drawn to it like a magnet. They kept walking forward wondering why the water was going away. Really horrible thing to be part of.
I’m from Hawaii we had this drilled into us since infancy. I scan the waves water levels etc constantly when on the coach because of it. The 1946 tsunami left lasting impact for generations for sure.. I pray I never have to get everyone off the beach like that brave girl did but I’m always ready to. Especially living in oregon now where we’re having constant seismic activity and volcanic activity
"Who would believe a 10 yr old"
Anyone who doesn't clearly doesn't know what we learn at that age.
Or they were too busy putting gum in hair and planning revenge on bullies to pay attention in class at that age.😉
@@megandunnett7900 this is a natural disasters video, what are you talking about…
Well just listen first if they say theres godzilla its probably untrue but tsunami signs? Even if its false alarm no harm listening anyway
@@megandunnett7900 shut yo American McDonald ice cream party animal alcholic ahh
Reminds me of that old show “Are you smarter than a fifth grader.” As we become adults and lose ourselves in the grind of trying to survive we forget just how much we learned in school.
Props to the teacher for teaching the topic properly, so much so that the girl was able to understand it well. Props to the girl for understanding the topic well, for being vigilant, for trusting her guts and for being persistentin her warnings. Props to her dad for not ignoring his daughter and making the wise to tell the Lifeguard, instead of just rounding up his family only and leaving. Props to the Lifeguard for listening and taking action.
And Props to that Mom Nazariah for acting fast and saving her daughter and her mother. And props to Police officer for saving all those people from the black waves.
Thank God for all of them.
It's so wholesome to see everyone play their part in saving as many lives as possible.
Ameen
2004 is the reason why the vanishing water became widely known as possible tsunami warning sign … back then it was not part of pop culture as is today!
I never would've been that confident as a kid. I'm not even that confident as an adult. Thank goodness for her braveness!
Kids are usually far more confident than adults are. See it with my 10 year old … he does not hesitate to share his knowledge … during a beach walk he said … if the water suddenly goes away … run … its a tsunami coming … who taught him … Roland Emmerich! 😂
What a wise little girl. She was not only an acute observer but a life saver.
A friend of mine called Serlis Tialo was living in Indonesia at the time of the Tsunami. They were able to identify the warning signs before the quake occurred and alert members of my extended family living in the area. Everyone else ran into buildings to protect themselves from the wave. My family advised Serlis and his family to instead take their arks into the ocean and ride the storm as it happened. We survived but almost everyone else in the area died that day.
Emergency arks?
@@bensoncheung2801 it's a kind of boat.
"My family advised Serlis and his family to instead take their arks into the ocean and ride the storm as it happened." Is that really safer? It kinda doesn't sound safe...?
A book should be written.. Of not at least a blog.
@@kymo6343 the safest place when Tsunami hits is in the middle of the ocean
Just like video stated, the Tsunami waves not even 3 metres high. It only goes higher when hits the coastline
So yeah, if the water starts unnaturally recedes, get on the boat with someone and go straight to the middle of the ocean
As an Indonesian, this is a very scary thing that has happened. I was still about 8 yrs old. Even though I live in Java, I was still shocked to see such a massive disaster happened in my own country. I remembered the breaking news about this disaster, my family and I was devastated to learn about the number of casualties.
The event made metro tv into the spotlight.
I remembered the moment when me and my extended family had christmas gathering at my house and everybody watched the breaking news all the time.
i know right?
i'm indonesian also, and that time felt so unreal
It feels even more surreal when after 2005, scientist knew there is huge potential that the southern segment would go off. I live in Bengkulu, when in 2007 magnitude 8.5 strike.
I remember being at the beach in Perth Western Australia on Boxing Day 2004 in the afternoon, maybe 4pm. At that stage we had no idea what had happened a few thousand miles to our north. Me and my wife and young children of 5 and 3 were on the shore and I recall seeing the water recede and come back in again quite a few metres, it did this maybe two or three times which I noted to my wife. It didn't occur to us anything had happened, it was just unusual. When we got back to our hotel room and put the TV on, we saw the devastation and put two and two together. It was all very surreal, something that will stick in my mind for the rest of my life.
A child consistently taught to be OBSERVANT of her surroundings, hard work, all important and seldom done. Kudos to one or both parents who took the necessary time ! It's a reason her father heeded her notice, and my Dad would have. Being taught to always be aware and taking note may save your children's and other's lives someday.
Jeez, can’t believe the Boxing Day Tsunami was almost 20 years ago… I think the world learnt a lot about the warning signs of Tsunami’s from that incident, I sure did as a Scotsman who will probably never experience one in Scotland, but was good to learn back then.
I’m pretty sure the signs of tsunamis have been well known for thousands of years.
I'm Australian. I'll never forget it, exactly one month before it happened I met a woman. We were making small talk, she then said she was excited as she was going to Thailand for Christmas. As soon as she said it alarm bells started going off in my head, I almost got on my knees to beg her not to go. She wanted to know what was going to happen, I couldn't tell her, I just knew something bad was going to happen while she was there. I don't know what happened to her as it was a chance meeting that day and I never saw her again.
@@dianafarmer5445 Today on things that never happened...
18 year ago.
Everyone credits the girl and the teacher, but how about the police officer who knocked a small hole in the ceiling with all his strength so everyone in the room can survive the tides? And a mother who carries an infant & an elder in both hands while running away? Amazing people who still remember the others while they in the verge of death themselves...
You go and tell their stories then cos this is the first time I heard of it.... and you complaining about it does nothing. If you know their story and think they deserve a credit then go spread their stories make it known
They’re ALL amazing stories with different courages acts
Because no one even knew about the tsunami in first place
@@deemac3470 you must have not been alive when it happened, because back then it was all over the news. HBO even made a movie about it.
@@LuisSanchez-en3sf yup
I remember living in Thailand and hearing a story from a friend during this event that she was pulling her childhood best friend onto the roof of a building, then a big wave came and she was left holding nothing but her friends two arms. That's always stuck with me.
That's horrific. I'm sorry for both of them.
Just a heads up, tsunamis aren’t always preceded by the water receding. It depends on whether the first wave is in a crest or a trough when it hits. If a trough hits first, the water recedes. If a crest hits first, well, you’d better hope your country has a good warning system in place.
The number of waves and which one is the biggest can vary, too. Sometimes the biggest one is the first, the last, or somewhere in the middle. The wave height isn’t even the deadliest thing about it. It’s the forward force. Tsunami waves don’t just rush in and rush out. They keep pushing in for several minutes. It’s more than a wall of water. That’s just the leading edge of it. Watch footage of the 2011 Japan tsunami. Observe the water movement. That’s what people need to be prepared to defend against and/or flee if they live near a large body of water where earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides (including underwater ones) are likely.
Tsunamis are rarely a “wall of water” - the water just rises and keeps on rising because the wavelength of the wave is in tens to hundreds of kilometres.
The exceptions are megatsunami (which are actually smaller and more localised displacement waves from landslides and volcanic eruptions in close proximity but reach hundreds of metres up mountain sides).
Thank you for all your research on this incident, but Banda Aceh is far from “Indonesia’s largest city”, it is just the largest city _in the province_ of Aceh, which covers that northern part of Sumatra only. Just something that stood out to me as I’m from the country.
Thanks 👍
I hope Tilly's parents learned a valuable lesson (or two) and apologized
seriously she better have apologized for doubting her.
At least the Father listened lol
what im interested in is what the mom said to tilly after she knew her daughter wasn't just making up the tsunami warning
Nobody believes everything their 10 yo says. She just happened to be right. ❤
Who does not listen to the kids? If I struggle with my iphone I give it to my 10 year old … he fixes the problem …
You’re awesome Tilly! Such a hero and clearly responsible and respectful person listening to your teacher, speaking up confidently.
Tillys mom should win the POS of the year award for putting her kid through that. Knowing theres danger and your parents not listening is something I often had nightmares about as a child.
in geography in school we were taught about Tilly and how she spotted the warning signs of the tsunami after being taught about them in school. very interesting to learn not only about tsunamis, but also how a student actually learned and realised the warning signs irl
Smart girl! Very observant too! Tilly deserves more than just an award. Give this girl a million dollars or something.
Or maybe a career in the weather service
Giving vast sums of money to a person is nothing but a curse. You would be surprised how many people get ruined by winning a lot of money. Many relatives, including siblings and parents, start demanding for a slice from that pie. Even if you give some there's no winning since they feel like you're greedy for not giving more. All of the money she gets would magically just disappear into pockets of other people. The only way to be safe with that kind of money is to never let anybody know about it, never mention you won money, do not spend it all quickly to make it obvious you have a lot of mystery money... just stay silent, keep it to yourself and never give any of it to anybody. Maybe consider spending it to save a relative when they need treatment they cannot afford... but prepare to be flamed and waves of complaints for not saying anything sooner about the money. Of course, there's always exceptions. But it's not really worth it to gamble your relationship with close relatives you have.
@@cydragon2.099 she's too young for that career but she and her family can put the money to use towards her education
Or like y'know, use that one million dollars to rebuild wrecked infrastructure in the same spirit of Tilly's actions.
She gets to live...
At a time where you can watch videos of people being asked things like "what year was the war of 1812?" and "if you were born 10 years ago, how old are you?" and people can't answer, it's so good to hear about a young person who not only remembered that fact, but knew she was right and saved people is so refreshing. The not so funny thing is the people who couldn't answer those questions were 10 to 15 years older than this girl.
Hi yes I too am appalled ,saddened And fearful ,when I hear response’s to very easy questions Put to young adults ,what on earth do they do at school ? The dumbing down has gone deeper than we could ever have imagined , and they are oblivious to their ignorance ,
I live in Europe but I remember this tsunami really affected us too, Thailand is a really popular destination during the winter months and even our current president was there during the tsunami, but obviously survived. We don't really have a risk of natural disasters here, but I remember being really scared as a kid that something like this could happen to me.
I don't know how people living in risk areas do it, I'd get so anxious 😬
The movie “The Impossible” starring Ewen McGregor is about a family that not only miraculously survived the 2004 tsunami, but also managed to find all members vacationing there at the time. Wait a minute--GEEZ! Has it really been almost 20 years now since that happened?!?!? Where did the time go?!!!?
you know, I thought she would have saved a fraction of the people on the beach, but the fact that she managed to get literally everyone there to evacuate and they LIVED is incredible!! I hope she's doing okay
also g freaking g to that guy who punched a hole in the roof and pulled all those people out!!!
I wonder how much the guy letting slack on the anchor line changed the outcome. for sure if there was no slack it wouldn't have gone well, but just how much did it affect I wonder?
5:58
"Which is fast."
thank you for that incredible description
It always shocks me how so many people fail to recognize the warning signs of tsunamis. Not a single one of those 100 other people on that beach, not even the trained lifeguards, realized what was happening. This should be some of the most basic knowledge for anyone in an area with even miniscule tsunami risk.
what boggles me is how none of the 100 people OR the lifeguards were properly educated on such a telltale sign of an event like this
You wouldn’t have known either.
@@DepthFromAbove no, i learned about this in 2nd grade, and the area i live in doesn't even have tsunamis
@@trevortrollface440 thats why, tsunamis are rare. so they might have not think it was one.
@@lockeddown4908 but youd expect theyre more common in such an area
Backwards countries
Banda Aceh is not Indonesia's largest city. It's not even in the top 20. It's the capital and the largest city of the province of Aceh, though 👍
Yea
Thanks for the correction. I had wondered about that.
Watching footage from this event, especially the water at the beach, is absolutely terrifying. Even if you don’t realize exactly what’s happening, you definitely know something is VERY wrong.
What an incredible young lady. To have the confidence and courage to keep on telling adults that they are wrong and should listen to her. I love that she was recognised for her actions, love even more that she gave her teacher the credit.
I love how y’all tell the story and then explain everything, learning is awesome and should be a lifelong goal for everyone, at least researching up your ideas and just daily things you use, it’s all fascinating and I love how some people make it fun, even as you age lol. Learn, understand, and respect.
(Idk it’s pretty late probably r/shower thoughts)
144p 👍
You're right! Learning is fun, awesome and can be useful for life^^
That cop went above & beyond. Literally.
There's a movie about a family that lived through this called The Impossible. Tom Holland's first live action movie. Super good, though doesn't hold anything back. Injuries were gruesome.
I remember studying about her story in our geography class right before we started our lesson on tsunami. In 8th grade it was enough to get us all excited and attached to the chapter.
My sister flew out to Thailand the year after that tsunami to help villages rebuild for a few months. The devastation was massive.
Your sister is an amazing person
Wow. Just. Wow she saved 100 people give her a clap 👏 I wouldn’t probably have the courage to tell anyone about this, but she did
Nah let's be real you wouldn't know what will be happening or what the signs are you would probably be six feet under
@@moldybread5828 frfr
@@moldybread5828 As if you would. You don't get anything from being rude, do you?
@@REJECTFALSEICONZ it's just facts tho
@@moldybread5828 His statement was clearly made assuming he does have the knowledge, in other words, even if he had the knowledge, he wouldn't have the courage...
Very informative! Thank you
God bless that child for paying attention, in class, and on the beach, that day.
I remember writing a report on the Boxing Day tsunami. I never saw a story like this anywhere though when I was doing my research.
I would’ve loved doing my report on this story, it’s really cool. Thanks Brew for giving my sponge brain more liquified knowledge.
Are you in the UK? I remember this story being fairly well reported at the time in the UK. Probably because Tilly Smith is British.
ive been to tsunami museum in Aceh once, and seeing the results, really is devastating. so did what left in the western area of aceh, hearing the stories of these people really break your heart. you can see entire road and bridge under the sea.
what most interesting for me is, there is one small island in aceh which have indigenous knowledge about tsunami in a form of story. when these people saw this happens in their beach they did exactly as the story told, and have 0 casualties.
i love your floating glowing cephalopod in the background. its calming me down, not that the video is what has me stressed.
Thank you for making such a great video about tsunamis, the explanation was really good! As a Malaysian living in Malaysia, we are taught that our country is safe from natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes, as our neighboring countries ( Thailand/ Indonesia) would absorb the impact. I did not know how to spot the warning signs of Tsunamis until I watched your video, I hope we will never experience it but as many Malaysians love going to Thailand and Indonesia as well as India for holidays I guess these related safety measures should be taught in school with great emphasis. The worst we ever had is flooding from heavy rain but rarely anyone dies from it just destroyed properties.
Just because you're older doesn't necessarily mean your the wisest. Being wise means listening (at the very least hearing out) to even the youngest in the room. Good job dad! If it was left to mom they'd all be dead. Hear you kids out and trust them.
I remember hearing the news of this event that day
my family's reaction was an utter disbelief
that was probably the only tsunami in Thailand's record history
5:08 never forget how he said those words 🤣
I was expecting a D-day video. You're full of surprises Brew.
This is a good example of ageism if your kids think there might be a tsunami maybe you should listen because maybe they know something you don't know
Ageism doesn't exactly apply for 10 year Olds. While this was a case where the child is correct, children are often very quick to assume the worst case scenario for any event. Just to be safe though, you should ask the child 'Why?' Instead of immediately brushing it off *or* immediately believing them.
In those days kids had a decent education. It was nothing like it is now. Fools should have listened.
I have never heard of ageism lol
I've actually heard a very simular anecdote once about a person who was able to warn people about the Tsunami because they recognized the warning signs from a describtion in the novel The Swarm by Frank Schätzing.
That book is amazing. Nice to see a fellow reader of The Swarm!
I remember seeing footage of this tsunami in highschool. Children and adults were walking the beaches of the receded waves, marveling at it. Still chills me thinking that may have been their last moments.
Hey Brew....love the informative videos. I love that snippet of music you use at the beginning as well. Where might I find that tune? So 1920's punkish....
0:50 that was not a "gut feeling". It was knowledge.
I heard of this case 2 or so years ago and i really appreciated teachers who actually want the children to learn something useful.
I'm imagining a bunch of people educated by critical race obsessed teachers, besides having filled their heads with useless neurotic theories, they would probably start berating the little white girl for "white splaning" her racist patriarchal science to the noble indigenous people of color.
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
It’s so weird to me, even I as a Central Californian and not living on the coast know and aware if that sea starts to recede you run it’s a tsunami. I’ve known this since I was a child.
Why do you think even people landlocked learn the signs now? Because the common people werent aware BEFORE
It’s interesting to hear all of this. Every time brew uploads I know I am going to learn something new. It’s nice.
to hear all of what?
I knew I wasn't crazy. I could have sworn I have seen multiple of his episodes previous multiple times despite them being "new".
such a great story. it shows how much it’s worth to trust some people, even if it seems like a waste
yes
@@mattrug730didnt expect to find you here
Despite the massive tragic loss of life, im glad Tilly and her teacher got the attention they deserve for the knowledge they shared to change peoples lives
I learned about this very incident in school yesterday. Now i got this recommended.
Brave girl, she truly was an angel at the beach! Props to her teacher too! :) Also to that incredible police officer who saved all the people.
I had a substitute teacher in 8th grade that survived the April fool's day tsunami. It was an incredible story to hear.
Sorry I should have said that tsunami in Hawaii. We grew up calling it the April fool's day tsunami. Because it was April fool's day the first call for help was thought to be a joke. So it wasn't till April 2nd that it was realized that the tsunami wasn't a joke.
Authorities couldn’t properly communicate that it wasn’t a joke?
@@bensoncheung2801 you have to remember how long ago this was. It was the 1940's. There were several calls for help but again it was April Fool's day.
@@VickyShawcooksalot Yeouch.
This is why April Fool’s day is a harmful holiday
@@callmezeldaonemoartime it really gave us something to think about. I don't think anyone from my generation that grew up on Oahu and heard her story would pull a prank like that. Even the "bullies" mokes and titas would tell people prank calls to the emergency services was not cool. Her story effected several generations.
A better analogy for how tsunamis work: If you have a sink filled with water and place your hand on the bottom, then suddenly and quickly raise your hand to the surface, you will push the water that was above your hand higher than the water level. Water wants to have a flat, even surface, due to gravity. The water you pushed up (obviously) can't stay there, so it has to move outward in all directions to redistribute itself. This is what happens in a tsunami. An earthquake or volcanic eruption suddenly raises part of the sea floor, which in turn pushes the water above it upward, causing that water to spread out in all directions.
Why is a 10 year old the only person at this entire beach that noticed this?! This is a crazy thing for people not to be aware of before vacationing in places prone to tsunamis.
Brew’s story’s are always addictive to watch, ur uploading more often, your probably only few CZcamsrs that I enjoy to watch well done and the animation is awesome
You have a new subscriber!!
This disaster also popularized the term "smong" as an alternative for the word "tsunami". smong is a word from Devayan language that because of the local knowledge, suffers the least amount of deaths in Indonesia
@@therewasoldcringe Smong sounds weaker to me, but that might be due to bias.
@@therewasoldcringe Smong sounds like stoner slang. Yeaaah braah I just smonged some dank kush
Yes, credit to the girl and teacher, but also to her dad and a lot to the lifeguard. It isn't easy to clear a beach. All ocean lifeguards and people who live close to the ocean should have tsunami warning training.
Had a lot of anexity and cried while watching this being that drowning is one of my fears can’t imagine what any of these people felt. May the ones that lost their lives rip 🥺
I live in Kansas, where...basically if we're in danger of a tsunami then there are bigger problems. (Namely 'the continents have broken apart' or 'someone nuked everything below Oklahoma). We haven't had an ocean here since trilobites walked the Earth.
They did teach us about tsunami though, in talking about the warning signs of natural disasters. I remember a teacher telling us that people who don't know much about the ocean can get curious as the water recedes and go look, then they can't escape as the water returns...with a vengeance.
“Out in the deep ocean tsunamis move about 800 kilometers per hour.” Me: I wonder if that’s fast. Brew: “which is fast.”…. Oh
800 km/h is 222 M/s or about 500 mph. The average bullet flies at around 1,700 mph, so tsunamis can move at close to a third of the speed of an average bullet, or exactly a third of the speed of a .22 LR (1500 mph).
American spotted!
"800 kilometers per hour....how many feet per second again? 20? Idk?"
I knew someone who survived that. It was a complete life changing event for her.