2011 Japan Tsunami - Kesennuma City, Fish Market. (Full Footage)

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  • Video footage recorded by Makoto Onodera at the Kesennuma Fish Market. Upscaled video quality.
    0:00 The video shows the Oura and Asahicho area minutes before the tsunami. The water recedes, some boats move away from the coast escaping from the tsunami.
    3:01 The tide begins to return and the sea level rises rapidly.
    6:20 The water becomes a violent torrent, begins to drag boats and overflows towards the city.
    10:27 The tsunami arrives in full force, destroying everything in its path. The Asahicho area is completely submerged.
    11:48 State of the Kesennuma Fishing Port during the tsunami.
    12:57 State of the Uoichibamae area and the Kesennuma Shark Museum.
    14:05 The water begins to recede.
    14:53 A fire starts in the Kesennuma City caused by debris.
    17:07 Aftermath of the tsunami in the Kesennuma City and surroundings.
    Duration: 41:11
    Format: SD Video
    Location: 7 Uoichibamae, Kesennuma City.

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  • @jero7733
    @jero7733 Před 2 lety +812

    Videos like this one should be preserved for future generations, thank you for archiving them

    • @sparkynate91
      @sparkynate91 Před rokem

      To see that this 1 day caused more ocean pollution than the last 10yrs combined... that way they may realize Greta retard is a hoax to steal our money

    • @tatepearce7898
      @tatepearce7898 Před rokem +10

      Yes I agree with you.

    • @sparkynate91
      @sparkynate91 Před rokem +5

      @@tatepearce7898 that this day caused more ocean pollution than the last 10yrs combined? Or what jero said?

    • @tatepearce7898
      @tatepearce7898 Před rokem +3

      @@sparkynate91 actually you made a very good point to so for both

    • @sparkynate91
      @sparkynate91 Před rokem

      @@tatepearce7898 just trying to open the eyes of the "climate change is destroying our world" people. Sadly, they won't realize this but at least you did. And if 1 person does, the ripple affects can cause dozens more which turns to hundreds into thousands and so on!

  • @316lvmnoneofyourbusiness7
    @316lvmnoneofyourbusiness7 Před 11 měsíci +359

    After all these years and all the times I've watched these videos, my heart still races, I still cry, and I just can't wrap my brain around what I am seeing.
    My mother - who was Japanese - always told me, "When you see the ocean retreat, run for the hills or the highest place you can find. A tsunami is coming."
    She lived through so much; as a child running through the streets of Tokyo to get to a bomb shelter, being sent to the countryside to her Uncle's farm to keep from starvation, losing her mother during the war, coming to the States..........
    Despite all the tribulations the Japanese people have gone through, they are resilient, maintaining their grace and move forward.

    • @car4up1
      @car4up1 Před 10 měsíci +10

      I'm from Chile and the 8.8 earthquake and tsunami still haunts me. So, I understand this pain, many lost and not found. And terms of the States, I get it! Look up 9/11 Chile!

    • @muruga83
      @muruga83 Před 9 měsíci +3

      True

    • @FastNCurious88
      @FastNCurious88 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Every once in a while I watch these. It defies belief.

    • @edwigcarol4888
      @edwigcarol4888 Před 8 měsíci +4

      What i would see is how the Japanese have recovered, started again from scrap, rebuilt their lives; but we only witness the ordeal not the recovery..
      Did NKK report on that ?

    • @homyoung5822
      @homyoung5822 Před 8 měsíci

      저들이 대한민국에게 한 만행을 몰라서 그래. 벌을 받는거지. 전범국인데 잘못한게 없단다. 독일은 고개숙여 반성하는데.. 솔직하게 더 큰 쓰나미가 와야지 정신을 차릴 민족이야. 독일과 이스라엘과 같은 처지인데 잘못을 뉘우쳐도 그런데 일본은 잘못은 커녕 뻔뻔함 자체야. 더러운 민족 일본이지.

  • @omarkhalil6283
    @omarkhalil6283 Před rokem +179

    I have visited some of these impacted areas twice over the past few years. The Japanese people worked so hard to rebuild and bring life back to these areas. Very resilient and absolutely impressive!

  • @user-mv5dw1yp3m
    @user-mv5dw1yp3m Před rokem +8

    その日は仕事で東京にいました。非難しながら携帯でニュースを見て手が震えました。
    何回、何十回、何百回、何千回
    見ても衝撃を受ける…。
    しかもその日の夜や翌日、その後の映像まで…

  • @stephenrothwell8142
    @stephenrothwell8142 Před rokem +1378

    I watch these videos regularly to keep myself grounded. To remind me that whatever problem I have, there are people who are worse off and have bigger problems to deal with. I know the Japanese people are still recovering from this catastrophe and have achieved so much since. My heart, thoughts and respect I send to you all.

    • @Matityahu755
      @Matityahu755 Před rokem +33

      Beautifully put.

    • @mikecarswell7170
      @mikecarswell7170 Před rokem +36

      It's funny because I do the exact same thing, mother nature will always win. But the struggle that this country inured is just beyond words

    • @andyharris17able
      @andyharris17able Před rokem +17

      A very nice post , well said , and ditto..

    • @ProvidingSpam
      @ProvidingSpam Před rokem +23

      This comment actually helped me. So thank you for commenting

    • @john-martin
      @john-martin Před rokem +30

      I can understand contrasting your life to the one in the video, but I dont think it should make you feel better because your life is less crappy than the ones in the video either. Comparing yourself to someone with less than you or experiencing a more tragic event in there life than you is not something to necessarily hold onto for hope, definitely not a positive foundation to build upon and probably the exact way of thinking that got you into the situation you're in right now.

  • @antoinettematheney8626
    @antoinettematheney8626 Před rokem +262

    I CANT BELIEVE AFTER 11 year these videos are still so crazy too watch i must say they are the calmest people and so brave and strong

    • @michaelb2388
      @michaelb2388 Před rokem +3

      Why can't you believe it? They're still the same videos. They didn't change over the past 11 years.

    • @suitt1
      @suitt1 Před rokem +37

      @@michaelb2388 Pretty sure they meant the impact that the videos still have after all these years, but you knew that, didnt you?🙄

    • @Vinterbukser
      @Vinterbukser Před rokem +10

      I think a lot of what we take to be calm is actually shock. I agree with you that the impact of these videos is still strong after all this time

    • @bremnersghost948
      @bremnersghost948 Před rokem +5

      A lot easier to watch than the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Footage, At least in Japan they knew what was coming and were mostly well prepared for it.

    • @skateboardingjesus4006
      @skateboardingjesus4006 Před rokem +3

      @@michaelb2388 You really didn't get her comment at all, did you?

  • @kursatbozkurt2258
    @kursatbozkurt2258 Před rokem +28

    私はトルコから日本人に愛を送ります. 私たちはあなたをとても愛しています. あなたは本当に善良で文化的な人々です. トルコ人として, 私は日本人を愛しています.🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

  • @adamfowler350
    @adamfowler350 Před rokem +264

    I used to think as a kid that a tsunami was just one massive wave hitting once, then done. But this is actually far more terrifying and mind-blowing. I can't imagine what these people experienced.

    • @TheNightWatcher1385
      @TheNightWatcher1385 Před rokem +23

      Same. Turns out a tsunami is more like a rapid rise in sea level. Still devastating though.

    • @eggwitheyez
      @eggwitheyez Před rokem +13

      That's the thing there is an initial impact that takes out a load of people, but then the aftermath goes on for ages with people suffering and so much wreckage to move, it's horrible for all involved.

    • @brunomartins4902
      @brunomartins4902 Před rokem +10

      Tsunami is a very long wave. It hits the shore and keep moving inside for minuts.

    • @michaelb.42112
      @michaelb.42112 Před rokem +10

      EXACTLY !!! Both scenarios are terrifying, but this is more terrifying in a way because at the start it gives you a false impression of safety.

    • @user-de7kw6ux6n
      @user-de7kw6ux6n Před rokem +3

      it’s like a wall of water

  • @user-ki4zv9dz4n
    @user-ki4zv9dz4n Před 11 měsíci +91

    Thank you for the footage, especially because you risked your own life capturing it. Also I am so sorry for the victims involved.

  • @dianamccutcheon313
    @dianamccutcheon313 Před rokem +250

    Even though this happened 12 years ago it's still terrifying and devastating to watch, there's really no words that can express the horror these people must've been dealing with! My heart goes out to every single one of them that was impacted, survived and died in this horrible thing!

    • @Trackstareman23
      @Trackstareman23 Před 11 měsíci +6

      So sad to see how events like this affect people’s lives

    • @Mr_Isler0520
      @Mr_Isler0520 Před 11 měsíci

      V t😅😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😊😅

    • @astronotmeyvesi6246
      @astronotmeyvesi6246 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Kuran

    • @chch4509
      @chch4509 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Ölüm insanı daima bekleyen bir şey kimseyi unutmaz. Umarım bu sefer daha az kişi götürdü. En azından doğal afetlerde kurtulma şansı var, yalnız Hiroşima ve Nagazaki gibi olaylarda insanın kurtulması imkansız. Umarım insanlar akıllanmıştır ve ölüme daha az iş kalır, umarım insanlar bu dünyada yaşamayı bilir. Lafım Çin’e Amerika’ya ve Rusya’ya. Yoksa ölüm yine kazanacak bir kaç para için ve ölüm meleği çift vardiye yapacak. İnsan ol insan gibi sizlere layık yaşayın yoksa beklemede olan gelecek ! Bir Türk olarak savaşı iyi bilen ve tanıyanlardanım asırlardır bekleriz mecbur kalırsak şişenin ağzını açarız ve kapatırız yalnız erkek
      gibi savaşmayı biliriz. Bilin şişe yine açılıyor akıllı olun insanlar !

    • @alkasingh5689
      @alkasingh5689 Před 10 měsíci

      Pllllpp KO IP)

  • @MS-sq4ms
    @MS-sq4ms Před rokem +59

    I came here to watch these videos after visiting Japan recently, I have nothing but respect for Japanese people and their resilience and hard work to rebuild their country. May this never happen again to any nation.

    • @alanwhite933
      @alanwhite933 Před rokem +3

      It will. Many more times, unfortunately.

  • @Rocket_scientist_88
    @Rocket_scientist_88 Před rokem +57

    I was here in 2011 several months after the tsunami, and I was just floored at the scale of the destruction. Much of what is seen in here was cleared out, but I have photos I took of several buildings (the Shell station near the giant boat in Shiriori, for example, as well as the Coast Guard building) and saw them in the video.
    I’ve never seen any of the footage in here before, and I watched everything I could find - in English AND Japanese. Thanks for putting this together, it’s very impressive.

  • @Lucky138able
    @Lucky138able Před rokem +552

    I was in the Air Force stationed in Japan in 2011 when this happened. It was absolutely horrible to see the damage the tsunami caused when we were sent out to do search and rescue missions.

  • @majorwedgie8166
    @majorwedgie8166 Před rokem +84

    The best video about the tsunami I have seen yet... and I have watched most of them! My thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese people 🙏

  • @elenaaron7102
    @elenaaron7102 Před rokem +25

    Successful people don't become that way overnight.most people you see as a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life.....

    • @charlottegrace5695
      @charlottegrace5695 Před rokem

      But of a truth they are scammers but real brokers are out there too waiting for investors.

    • @mariacari4646
      @mariacari4646 Před rokem

      So don't be scared of giving any one a
      try.

    • @ljanray4770
      @ljanray4770 Před rokem

      Talking of being successful!l think that am blessed because if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as Mrs Bonnie Berville...

    • @kneetiroiny8917
      @kneetiroiny8917 Před rokem

      The only possible way to earn huge amount in Forex is when trading with an experienced broker

    • @hudaityay9584
      @hudaityay9584 Před rokem

      There are lots of good experts out there but most offer little ROI'S. I will advise trading with Mrs Bonnie Berville

  • @jeffreydahlen2178
    @jeffreydahlen2178 Před 2 lety +75

    After 11 yrs. I still feel for these people . The memories remain . The Japanese are a beautiful people and resilient .

    • @deehaytch8442
      @deehaytch8442 Před rokem +4

      except for ww2 right?

    • @dexterford8094
      @dexterford8094 Před rokem +8

      @@deehaytch8442 ... That was 77 years ago. The current generations of Japanese people are not the same. I have been to Japan several times and always found the people to be polite, gentle and generous..

    • @dexterford8094
      @dexterford8094 Před rokem +1

      It is hard to believe that this was 11 years ago. Seems so much more recent.

    • @deehaytch8442
      @deehaytch8442 Před rokem +3

      @@dexterford8094 yeah they polite gentle and generous...just don't surrender to them

    • @jmash7751
      @jmash7751 Před rokem

      @Dee Haytch. What a stupid comment to make. Grow up!

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 Před rokem +14

    One's mind has difficulties processing what the eyes are seeing!
    The sheer magnitude of the event is almost beyond comprehension, the once familiar landscape now unrecognisable.
    This video serves a very important historical document, recording the unimaginable events of that day, which forever changed the country and its people...

  • @PaulAllen786
    @PaulAllen786 Před rokem +8

    The emergency siren noise, eerily calm weather, and a gradual and steady fast intensity.
    Life is the Movie we all are apart of

  • @user-gu9pg5ij4r
    @user-gu9pg5ij4r Před 10 měsíci +3

    Не дай Бог никому такого!🙏 Природу не победишь! 😢 Мое восхищение силой духа японцев!

    • @rastaman610
      @rastaman610 Před 9 měsíci

      Человеческий разум не победить

  • @Trouble-Clef
    @Trouble-Clef Před rokem +59

    So much complete destruction. Survival from the earthquake, then survival from the tsunami. Then surviving the loss of everything and everyone you knew and loved. It was so tragic.

    • @michaeltaylor8835
      @michaeltaylor8835 Před rokem +3

      Fukushima

    • @robsonsilva175
      @robsonsilva175 Před rokem +1

      Esse povo japones é guerreiro trabalhador e honesto, aposto que reconstruiram tudo, se fosse aqui no Brasil isso seria motivo pra super faturamento e corrupção e o pais estaria destruido com obras inacabadas e tudo jogado as traças, se eu tivesse condições financeiras iria morar no Japão

    • @felixcat9318
      @felixcat9318 Před rokem +3

      What occurred that afternoon was unprecedented, first came the 9+ Richter Scale Earthquake, twelve minutes later a Tsunami of extraordinarily gigantic size and ferocity made landfall, attacking the coastline.
      After which, the Nuclear Power Station at Fukishima experienced a catastrophic failure of its reactor cooling system, leading to a runaway meltdown, which caused the plant's reactors to explode, erupting highly radioactive contamination into the surrounding areas and into the atmosphere.
      As if that was not bad enough, uncontained wildfires broke out in the communities devastated by the Tsunami, with the entire horizon ablaze in many areas, including many vessels.
      The cataclysmic destruction to Japanese coastal communities was unlike anything ever known, with the Tsunami run up reaching 40 metres and at its furthest it inundated to a distance of 9.6 kilometres inland.

    • @faithrada
      @faithrada Před rokem

      ​@@michaeltaylor8835 Indeed.. Fukushima was the worst of it all. That complex should NEVER have been built there. Many wise people were ignored.

  • @quentinstratton5407
    @quentinstratton5407 Před rokem +12

    I cannot seem to wrap my head around the sight of such a massive deluge of water swallowing everything in a real life footage! Each time I watch this I get a better sense of how massive this tsunami was!

  • @leeholmes9962
    @leeholmes9962 Před rokem +15

    Japanese people are so resilient they had three horrific events that day and they picked them selfs right back up I have ALOT of respect for them ✌️🇬🇧👍

  • @mathm7401
    @mathm7401 Před rokem +134

    The fact the Japanese recovered from this is inspiring. Such heart breaking devastation...

    • @user-uy6li2ss6k
      @user-uy6li2ss6k Před rokem +4

      А ещё, японцы оправились от ядерных бомбардировок США в сороковых годах!

    • @user-pb3yv5uw5m
      @user-pb3yv5uw5m Před rokem +9

      We have not finished.
      Japanese citizens pay a special reconstruction tax every year. There is still no end in sight for taxation. I don't know when the business will be completed.

    • @flightofthebumblebee9529
      @flightofthebumblebee9529 Před rokem +3

      @@user-pb3yv5uw5m I know it's still a long road to recovery. It will forever leave scars on the beautiful land of Japan but the people and land can still be beautiful and survive.

    • @AnastasiaBeaverhousn
      @AnastasiaBeaverhousn Před rokem +3

      WTF did you expect them to all give up and become extinct??? 🤔🤡🙄

    • @clintoruss153
      @clintoruss153 Před rokem

      @@user-pb3yv5uw5mI know but what happens if another earthquake hits

  • @_Tommmmmm_
    @_Tommmmmm_ Před rokem +13

    Wow. I watched a lot of live coverage on this back when I was a freshman in college. I remember actually skipping class because of how mind blowing this was.

  • @TheLuckyjoenga
    @TheLuckyjoenga Před rokem +40

    Watching this reminds us to enjoy our time on Earth. Live in peace, harmony and joy. Our time here is too short. You never know what could happen in a second.

    • @robasterino4563
      @robasterino4563 Před rokem

      Yup you could die in a horrible explosion like the ones in Pearl Harbor did on that day that still lives in infamy

    • @bahloulmounder8724
      @bahloulmounder8724 Před rokem +2

      Well said, we have to think about our purpose on this short life and prepare for our hereafter.

    • @ismetalgan4554
      @ismetalgan4554 Před rokem

      Tek güç vardır oda Yeri göğü yaratan Allaha aittir

  • @Tchud
    @Tchud Před rokem +5

    Funny how this came across my feed!! I was there, of course. March 11, 2011. We first responded from Malaysia, and got to Japan (where I lived) in three days. When I saw Kesennuma, fishing port, it was in ruins. One truck was thrown against the back wall like a toy.
    Our craft could now beach where the quaywall used to be 8 feet above sea level. Now it WAS at sea level so we could pick up the engineers and their trucks, which were radioactive.
    We went to Oshima Island to get the residents food, water and get the electricity going. We did this for about two weeks. It was the craziest thing I have ever seen, and the residents were grateful- they had no power for ten days, and it was freezing.
    BTW, that LCU the 1634? I was the craft navigator on that boat. We were embarked on the USS Essex for Spring patrol at the time.
    I can say without a doubt this was the most frightening thing I have ever seen. I left Japan in 2012 after living there twice over a period of six years.

  • @raytamara8066
    @raytamara8066 Před rokem +12

    私はインドネシア出身ですが、日本の兄に起こった災害に深い悲しみと悲しみを感じています。

  • @UQRXD
    @UQRXD Před rokem +19

    The power of the ocean. I sailed it for years.

  • @barryrudge1576
    @barryrudge1576 Před rokem +37

    So many people not only lost loved ones, their whole families but also everything they owned, their lively hood and their communities. The footage is horrifying to watch but to watch it all unfold before your eyes is on a totally different level.

  • @123TauruZ321
    @123TauruZ321 Před rokem +7

    The amount of water displaced was just unfathomable. So much power and force at work.

  • @antonioaraujo3029
    @antonioaraujo3029 Před rokem +50

    A natureza é implacável. Dá mto medo . Pior de tido é a perca de vidas . Parabéns pelo vídeo. 🇧🇷

  • @Barflax
    @Barflax Před rokem +4

    Finally a new video about the disaster in Japan 2011, haven't seen this before. The worst thing is that nothing to do about the big fire.

  • @user-pi8sc2dc1e
    @user-pi8sc2dc1e Před rokem +8

    貴重な映像ありがとうございます

  • @ashbash635
    @ashbash635 Před rokem +63

    Drowning is my worst fear ever since I jumped in an adult pool by mistake as a kid that was extremely deep. The panic I felt realising I was so far down was the worst feeling I’ve felt but luckily a coastguard had seen me and got me out just as I felt seconds away from breathing in water. I feel so bad for all the people who had to deal with this, the fear of seeing the ocean rush at you and your town with such force with absolutely no time to prepare and nothing you can do must be awful. I really hope they have managed to rebuild and recover best they could. I’ve just seen the date on my phone. 11 of March that’s eerie , 12 years ago today this happened. Pray🙏🏻 ❤💜❤️✌🏻

    • @airgasmYT
      @airgasmYT Před rokem

      You’re honestly sort of a wuss

    • @Maskatkro
      @Maskatkro Před 10 měsíci +1

      ohh my godd did you survive

  • @alicomanken44
    @alicomanken44 Před rokem +31

    🇹🇷😢bir daha olmaz inşallah 🙏 sizleri seviyoruz 🇯🇵

  • @xyzct
    @xyzct Před rokem +8

    I thought I had watched every single 2011 video a 100 times each. I can't believe I've never seen this particular low angle before! Absolutely mind-blowing.

  • @cryingforbread
    @cryingforbread Před 2 lety +11

    i still cant believe when you first posted this in february (before it got taken down), we were a day apart when we posted these. and we didn't even know eachother!

  • @kgrant3184
    @kgrant3184 Před 2 měsíci +1

    SUPERB, but very distressing, footage. I can only imagine your horror at losing EVERYTHING... Thank you for documenting the incredible destruction. I have watched the Kesennuma school clips from inland, up the river, multiple times (and seen the white kappa fleeing the tsunami up and over rooftops - like both the black and white kappa fleeing the fields in the Sendai aerial vids). But, I had never seen THIS footage.
    What most impressed me, were a) the resilience of the Japanese people, b) the "let's get it done" attitude - the next day, clothing and bedding were already washed and neatly hung, drying in the March 12th (my bday) sun, and c) the honesty and integrity of the Japanese - I saw/ heard of very little thieving from stores.
    I contrast that with the hurricane/ flooding in Houston, Texas, where I watched all sorts of videos of people breaking into the stores and stealing every thing from TVs & other electronics, to expensive sneakers. Really? You have no food or clean water, and you steal sneakers? How incredibly low - as the store employees and owners are ALSO suffering in the flooding.
    Anyway, there was very little of this in Japan (though I understand some looting did occur). The 13th anniversary has just passed, and I so hope that folks are healing, and recovering, and returning wiser and stronger. All best wishes from this Canuck!

  • @longrider42
    @longrider42 Před rokem +6

    A floating dock from this event, ended up on a beach in Oregon. The power of water is truly scary.

  • @radio-su6lh
    @radio-su6lh Před rokem +36

    I wonder if those guys on the two fishing boats survived, probably not judging by the immense power of that water streaming in. It was surreal watching them both try to leave the harbour just as the tsunami started to come in. Were they choosing to ignore the warnings and carry on with their work or were they just trying to save their boats by going out to sea before it arrived, if so they tragically miscalculated how quickly the Tsunami would come.

    • @mikeissweet
      @mikeissweet Před rokem +5

      Yes I'm surprised to not see more talk of the boats. I think they wanted to save their livelihood but the water came too fast and too hard

    • @daviswhite3591
      @daviswhite3591 Před rokem +6

      Saving the boats was exactly what they were trying to do.
      If they had made open ocean in time they would have been alright.

    • @FloozieOne
      @FloozieOne Před rokem +3

      One of the boats survived, the other didn't. You just get a glimpse of the survivor @11:35.

  • @Vinterbukser
    @Vinterbukser Před rokem +21

    We think that these towns were rebuilt and life carries on but it's not like a replica of each town was reconstructed - that would be both impractical and impossible. How strange it must feel if 50% or more of the town you grew up in was destroyed and replaced by new buildings, so that within a short time, a whole new town appeared and only the mountains surrounding you were familiar.
    Maybe the main roads stayed the same, but the skyline, the buildings, shops and parks must have been altered greatly. The shortcuts and alleyways you knew, maybe your neighbours, the woods, all gone and replaced. The memory of the town you remember mixed with the image of the town you now see - it's hard to imagine how that must feel

  • @user-rx1vt1mk6e
    @user-rx1vt1mk6e Před rokem +16

    Японцы многострадальный народ, никогда не жалуются. Сами все убирают. Чистят. И продолжают жить. И не бегут из своей страны.

  • @jecj2024
    @jecj2024 Před rokem +6

    Probably watched this 50 times and how everything can change in minutes is unreal

  • @BlGGESTBROTHER
    @BlGGESTBROTHER Před rokem +9

    I always had the idea in my head that a Tsunami was a giant single wave that swept inland. When in reality it's more like an extremely high tide. Cool to see and learn but terrifying for the people that had to live through it!

  • @daddybob6096
    @daddybob6096 Před rokem +24

    My wife and i were living in our home on the North Eastern coast of Cebu Philippines when this earthquake and following tsunami occurred near Japan. The authorities in our area, made an announcement by vehicle loud speaker warning that the tsunami could reach the Philippines in a couple of hours. We immediately went in our vehicle to high ground for a couple of hours. As far as i know, our neighbours right alongside the sea, just stayed in their houses.

    • @debraclevinger1400
      @debraclevinger1400 Před rokem +3

      I just don't unfersta why those boats went out towarda it. I mean so did those people think that all the alarm s were for nothing very good vid god bless to thefamilies affected most

    • @Geoplanetjane
      @Geoplanetjane Před rokem +9

      The boats were trying to get out of the harbor, out beyond the point at which the tsunami was high

    • @juanjosedelpinorivas7099
      @juanjosedelpinorivas7099 Před rokem +18

      @@debraclevinger1400 Because the sea is safer than the shoreline. The tsunami slows down but grows in height they closer to the shallows, so you can simply ride a normal wave which is higher than normal in the ocean and that's it but in the harbor and the shorelines the wave becomes a wall that will demolish everything in its path.

    • @clarenceghammjr1326
      @clarenceghammjr1326 Před 6 měsíci

      Relocating to pasay in metro manila, first thing I did was plan a route of escape and a secondary

  • @Flackack
    @Flackack Před rokem +9

    I remember watching documentaries on tsunamis in the late 1990s. At the time there wasn't much by way of footage at all, except for grainy film of the Alaskan tsunami in the 1960's, and that footage by no means captured the actual influx of the water. The Boxing Day and Japanese tsunamis allow us to now understand how the destruction occurs.

  • @skateboardingjesus4006
    @skateboardingjesus4006 Před rokem +17

    This is still spine-tingling to watch. You really have to respect such incredible power.

  • @ohwell2790
    @ohwell2790 Před rokem +14

    Shows just how fragile life is. Looking at the world now seeing just how badly people treat each other. Such a shame

  • @rangerjones5531
    @rangerjones5531 Před rokem +10

    Just...WOW! I just don’t have the words! Great footage, scary as hell too. Thanks so much for posting this!🙀🇺🇸

  • @davidturner4987
    @davidturner4987 Před 5 měsíci +11

    It's unbelievable the amount of energy required to move this much water in such a short amount of time. I still cannot wrap my head around it and I still to this day feel for the Japanese people who lost their homes, communities and loved ones in this disaster. I am sorry you had to experience this.

  • @jasonstevenson110
    @jasonstevenson110 Před rokem +4

    Gosh, I can't get my head around the sheer volume of water - gives a small sense of the energy released by the quake.

  • @athopi
    @athopi Před rokem +46

    Over the years I have watched hundreds of hours of video of this tragic event. Yours is the first time I've seen the destruction taken from a boat on the water. Good job and God Bless the people of Japan!

    • @mattsmith5421
      @mattsmith5421 Před rokem +14

      It's not filmed from on a boat

    • @mattsmith5421
      @mattsmith5421 Před rokem +10

      They're on land you can see the road and lampposts next to them

    • @athopi
      @athopi Před rokem +1

      @@mattsmith5421 You need lessons in good manners to not intrude into a conversation between two other people with your ignorance.

    • @Geoplanetjane
      @Geoplanetjane Před rokem +4

      Eh???

    • @protipskiptoendofvideoandr286
      @protipskiptoendofvideoandr286 Před rokem +1

      @@athopi 7:35 you're either stupid or blind. Ima guessing both

  • @user-ds7ge5zn9p
    @user-ds7ge5zn9p Před 2 měsíci +1

    What chaos. Otherwise, what resilience these great Japanese people possess!❤️❤️❤️

  • @danmyers9372
    @danmyers9372 Před 8 měsíci +4

    What can’t be communicated from a video is the stench following major flooding events like this. Rotting fish (if near oceans) and food (from fridges/freezers), garbage, sewage (human waste from flooded out sewer systems), diesel fuel and whatever else you can imagine. As a retired Homeowner Insurance estimator flood claims were some of the nastiest I/we had to deal with. Horribly tragic.

  • @rochellecano4216
    @rochellecano4216 Před rokem +157

    i have so much love and Aloha for the people of Japan who went thru and endured this very tragic natural disaster. they are still healing from their losses and overcoming their suffering. love you Japan!

    • @orion7326
      @orion7326 Před rokem +3

      Japanese don't say aloha. The Hawaiians do.
      The Japanese say Konichiwa.

    • @wibblywobble7068
      @wibblywobble7068 Před rokem +13

      @@orion7326 I've got a feeling they're Hawaiian. And It doesn't just mean hello, context orion.. :P

    • @rochellecano4216
      @rochellecano4216 Před rokem +9

      @@orion7326 japanese tourist is #1. they know and use "ALOHA" WHEN THEY COME TO BEAUTIFUL HAWAII. We in Hawaii understand, know the japanese culture. many of my friends are Japanese. In Hawaii we grow up with many, many different nationalities and we live ALOHA AND GIVE ALOHA HERE'S YOURS.♥️♥️🤗👍

    • @orion7326
      @orion7326 Před rokem +1

      @@wibblywobble7068 I didn't think about that. Thanks for the reminder.

    • @orion7326
      @orion7326 Před rokem +1

      @@rochellecano4216 Thanks for explaining that. I had no idea.
      Aloha ma'am, all the way from India.🇮🇳❤️

  • @musiccitymadman2023
    @musiccitymadman2023 Před rokem +13

    I'm in awe of the massive power of mother nature . And we are so small and helpless against her.

  • @richardkroll2269
    @richardkroll2269 Před rokem +41

    Watching the current develop as the water exits and then reverses with the speed increasing such that the outbound fishing boats can't make forward speed is one thing. But then the final rush is something out of my civil engineering hydraulics course BUT ON A GIANT SCALE. It's been a long time since I watched the videos for days of the power of a tsunami. Deep respect to the Japanese and so sorry for the loss of life and damage.

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  • @mlitzinger1398
    @mlitzinger1398 Před 7 měsíci +1

    The person who filmed this has done an amazing job getting the tragedy across. Thank you.

  • @user-xr6lg1js3y
    @user-xr6lg1js3y Před rokem +16

    Как это страшно. И пугает полная беспомощность и абсолютное бессилие перед разгулом стихии.

    • @E266PD
      @E266PD Před rokem

      Япония обречена на гибель, но первой под воду уйдёт Англия. Дело времени.

  • @emmaathome2902
    @emmaathome2902 Před 2 lety +12

    I always wondered where the ferry ended up. Now o know, sad but great video. Thank you.

  • @user-qo2lp9jh4i
    @user-qo2lp9jh4i Před rokem +5

    311經過這麼多年了、看一次難過一次,人無法跟大自然對抗、天祐日本🇯🇵

  • @STJukes
    @STJukes Před 8 měsíci +1

    The fact that there was only 14,000 killed by this tsunami in all of Japan is mind boggling. Feels like there should be 100,000 killed in this one city.

  • @Indrid__Cold
    @Indrid__Cold Před 2 lety +134

    Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this! These videos allow those who study the tsunami phenomenon to greatly improve their understanding. You are an angel😇 to the study of sub-sea earthquakes. My sincerest compliments!!!

  • @rach1530
    @rach1530 Před rokem +23

    It hurts my heart that no one mentions how many beautiful animals were lost in this event. They matter.

  • @MPWEST83
    @MPWEST83 Před rokem +13

    God bless these people for everything they went through. I can't even imagine...

  • @dwiarilistyati8143
    @dwiarilistyati8143 Před rokem +1

    Saya buka channel ini krn ingat tanggal peristiwa tsunami aceh yg sdh 18 th yg lalu yg lebih parah ratusan ribu orang meninggal, jepang negara yg hebat dengan mitigasi bencana luar biasa, tetapi ini kuasa Tuhan kita hanya makhluknya, melihat begitu besar kekuasaanMu.

  • @insanemainstream3633
    @insanemainstream3633 Před rokem +26

    The air siren sends chills down my spine. RIP all those who perished.

  • @sjones5616
    @sjones5616 Před rokem +40

    That was heartbreaking. Really did feel bad for our friends in Japan. Much love from Texas.

  • @vxrshded
    @vxrshded Před 10 měsíci +1

    THIS is the proof that camera man never dies 💀

  • @jailsonleone1480
    @jailsonleone1480 Před rokem +7

    あの悲しくて悲劇的な日に人々が経験した感情の半分を想像することさえできません.

  • @sizedtoaster0278
    @sizedtoaster0278 Před rokem +6

    If you've ever looked at the edge of The Niagara Falls....the power of water forces is amazing. Reminds me of this.

  • @Electro_Sabotage
    @Electro_Sabotage Před rokem +1

    The slow crescendo is terrifying. It's just keeps getting more intense until everything is under water.

  • @michaelb2388
    @michaelb2388 Před rokem +5

    Imagine the next day thinking "Well I guess we better start clearing up." How would you even start?

  • @JP-ku9uy
    @JP-ku9uy Před rokem +3

    Terrible témoignage du tsunami de 2011 et de ses ravages !! Merci pour ce partage. Il en faut du courage pour affronter tout cela et se projeter dans le futur…. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @sarahferguson327
    @sarahferguson327 Před rokem +3

    We had some destructive quakes in New Zealand the same year as this one happened in japan. News from Japan put us even more on edge and every time we had a decent sized quake, our coastal suburbs would be evacuating n middle of night just in case. These videos gave us nightmares. Some unfortunate Japanese migrants went back to japan after our first big quake, only to be home in Japan at time of their quake too 😢 horrific.

    • @Ravendireokami
      @Ravendireokami Před 7 měsíci

      I was in highschool at the time, our Japanese sister school sent us paper cranes for the February quakes and it wasn't long before we were folding paper cranes to send back once their quake hit

  • @near--zero
    @near--zero Před rokem +35

    I felt an immense sense of brotherhood when I saw the US flag on those vessels at the end. I hope that Japan and the US always remain close allies.

    • @nazirbismillah7796
      @nazirbismillah7796 Před rokem

      Feeling guilty after killing over 400k people by nuking them twice this tsunami probably only killed 15k crocodile tears my dear

    • @near--zero
      @near--zero Před rokem +1

      @@nazirbismillah7796 karma for what they did to china. Look up section 731. Incineration in a fireball compared to vivisection ... Get a life.

    • @CreachterZ
      @CreachterZ Před rokem

      And they don’t bomb us again in a war that we didn’t want and they did.

    • @juankroosfrausto7411
      @juankroosfrausto7411 Před rokem +5

      To be a an enemy of the USA is bad but to be a friend is fatal.

    • @near--zero
      @near--zero Před rokem

      @@juankroosfrausto7411 yeah OK bro

  • @ritasousa234
    @ritasousa234 Před rokem +19

    Foi muito triste, pois muitos perderam suas vidas, seus bens, foi devastador, como tudo aqui neste mundo, mas o tempo faz com que tudo volta o normal, o bem mais precioso e a vida daqueles que foram, e não volta mais. E muito triste. Foi uma tragédia.

  • @michaelpage7691
    @michaelpage7691 Před rokem +7

    To this day I have felt overwhelmed by the destruction that the tsunami caused and the people who were killed, injured and displaced. The one thing it shows is the resilience of the Japanese people. 👍🏻😁🇦🇺

  • @notube2658
    @notube2658 Před rokem +1

    Rien ne peut arrêter l'eau, c'est la force la plus puissante sur terre...

  • @Fairygrl_TW
    @Fairygrl_TW Před rokem +9

    New sub, Ive always been so curious of nature, Tsunamis have got to be the most devastating. I try to watch all natural phenomenons to see there cause and effect. To see how people react to such a power. To learn what to watch for or how to escape. Its truly devasting and my heart goes out to all involved. Heartbreaking. Blessings and Thanx for sharing.

  • @BassSwirls
    @BassSwirls Před rokem +15

    My thoughts are with the good people who are still recovering from this absolute tragedy, all these years after.

  • @Mike-01234
    @Mike-01234 Před rokem

    These were the first videos of good quality that documented a powerful tsunami.

  • @donnacabot3550
    @donnacabot3550 Před rokem +2

    Man, it’s gut wrenching to watch.

  • @prinzessinknuffknuff8891

    This is madness, at first it all looks so harmless!

  • @treelover1050
    @treelover1050 Před rokem +4

    BOY THAT WATER SURE TRAVELS FAST.

  • @user-mo3tg5xc7j
    @user-mo3tg5xc7j Před rokem +2

    津波の経験、大きな地震の経験が無い人から見たら貴重な映像だと思います~今の若い世代とか。分からない世代も多いと思うから、地震の知識、津波の知識は学校の授業に取り入れるべきだと思います~今の若い世代って昔より裕福で命の大事さ重みが分からない人が多すぎ!~動画のバカッターを見るたび~思います💢バカッターの動画より、この動画の意味を考えてない欲しい、

  • @laurabisutti3886
    @laurabisutti3886 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Ricordo che, molti anni fa, i pescherecci MARU arrivavano fino al porto di Venezia. Parlo degli anni '60

  • @margaretzoheir4468
    @margaretzoheir4468 Před rokem +3

    Anyone who lived through this horrific event will carry it with them for the rest of their lives. May God give them strength. 🙏

  • @FloozieOne
    @FloozieOne Před rokem +19

    Strange how often fires follow flooding. The night scenes of the fires will stay with me for a long time. Even though they are destructive they seem oddly peaceful as the dead-still water reflects their brilliant glow. It is all just a reminder that when Nature moves man has no power to stand in her way.

    • @felixcat9318
      @felixcat9318 Před rokem +3

      Most fires were started by cars being smashed into things, their fuel tanks rupturing or leaking, and electrical short circuits were caused by water coming into contact with the vehicles electrical system, and the electrics provided the ignition source.
      There was at least one school that burned from this exact cause.

    • @Geoplanetjane
      @Geoplanetjane Před rokem +1

      Plus breakage of pipes with fuels in them.

    • @Geoplanetjane
      @Geoplanetjane Před rokem

      There’s a great program from Nova on the earthquake and tsunami, with details I had only heard about, but this docu actually shows it

    • @pnwesterner6220
      @pnwesterner6220 Před rokem

      Natural gas lines ruptured, causing the fires

    • @TheRealChaosQueen
      @TheRealChaosQueen Před měsícem

      Plus, no way to extinguish a fire

  • @michaelmartin9022
    @michaelmartin9022 Před 2 měsíci

    What's really mind-boggling is this came immediately after one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded, but most of the buildings are fine! In most other countries there'd be nothing left for the tsunami to destroy, it'd just be grinding rubble into more rubble.

  • @violetsterling67
    @violetsterling67 Před 2 měsíci +1

    It is so creepy when the whirlpools start. It seems the water is going in two directions at once

  • @dingleberryjim4456
    @dingleberryjim4456 Před rokem +7

    I watched this live when it happened - it was pretty horrific and uncensored, definitely wasn’t used to that sort of thing as a sophomore in HS. RIP to all of those lost.

  • @habbi126
    @habbi126 Před rokem

    Thanks for uploading!😭

  • @Auxillary1
    @Auxillary1 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Can you imagine being on a boat while the tide is getting pulled back and you're just kinda stuck on there? No escape? Big fear.

  • @user-rk1zg9rd1y
    @user-rk1zg9rd1y Před rokem +17

    本当に恐ろしい事態でした😢

  • @chch4509
    @chch4509 Před 10 měsíci +14

    🇹🇷🇯🇵 başımızdan gelen bir çok iyilik ve kötü olaylarda insan büyüyor. Başımız sağolsun ölenlere rahmet kalanlara sabır.

  • @user-py1sw4ly4v
    @user-py1sw4ly4v Před 5 měsíci +1

    震災翌日でまだ救助の手が入ってない場所を見て回るということは、死体を見ることもあったんじゃないかと思う。想像を絶する。

  • @idee7896
    @idee7896 Před 6 měsíci +2

    My heart goes to the people of Japan 🇯🇵

  • @o0o-jd-o0o95
    @o0o-jd-o0o95 Před rokem +21

    the japanese are hearty people. the country of japan has pretty much every natural disaster that you can think of. Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, nuclear meltdown .... you name it and they've probably had it. From the US I hope you guys are doing OK over there... I wish you well

  • @PetesNikon
    @PetesNikon Před rokem +7

    They had built a sea wall, specifically to ward off flooding from tsunami's, but it was not built quite high enough. They never thought it could be this bad.

    • @Geoplanetjane
      @Geoplanetjane Před rokem

      Plus with the massive tectonic natire of this quake, the land, including near shore sea floor dropped by meters

    • @worldcomicsreview354
      @worldcomicsreview354 Před rokem +2

      One town built a "too big", "waste of money" sea wall that they'd "never need". Total damage to that town: A shed and two boats.

    • @beezelsub
      @beezelsub Před 10 měsíci

      @@worldcomicsreview354 what they say later?