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Originally posted by Gattigap
Good question. I imagine the only answer is to try and get everyone on a boat, if possible.
[spree: WaPo article, suggesting that tsunamis aren't so much immense waves as drastic and abrupt increases (and decreases) in water levels, which inundate everything. The anecdotal story suggests that being afloat on something seaworthy, while no guarantee for survival, probably helps your odds.]
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I heard this too (the part about your being safer if you're in the water). Someone I know was in Thailand on vacation, and was on a boat. She and her husband survived by hanging onto the boat and riding it out.
Holy crap.
