This is probably the most amazing video of the Japanese Tsunami you'll see. Worth watching all the way through.
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That is amazing, fascinating and horrific all at the same time. I'd always imagined a Tsunami to be a 100m wall of water travelling at 100 mph. In reality it seems to be like a tide coming in quickly with a gazzilion tons of water backing it up!
I saw a video of it almost gently picking up a house and crashing it into the next one. The third house has two buildings crashing into it. etc etc.
We worry about Iraq and Afghanistan and Libya and then Mother Nature pops her head up and says "don't forget about me guys, I can seriously mess you up"
Apparently the damage from the Tsunami extends up to 5km inland! Our thoughts and prayers must be with our brothers and sisters in Japan.