Lost Tsunami camera

John Baker

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> Lost Tsunami camera
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> Read the info before watching the video
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> This is quite amazing footage.
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> Yu Muroga was doing his job making deliveries when the 11 March
2011 earthquake hit in Japan.
> Unaware, like many people in the area, of how far inland the
Tsunami would travel, he continued to drive and do his job.
> The HD camera mounted on his dashboard captured not only the
earthquake, but also the moment he and several other drivers were suddenly
engulfed in the Tsunami.
> He escaped from the vehicle seconds before it was crushed by other
debris and sunk underwater. His car and the camera have only recently been
recovered by the police.
> The camera was heavily damaged but a video expert was able to
retrieve this footage.

http://www.flixxy.com/japanese-tsunami-viewed-from-a-car.htm






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Mind bending.
 
Wow. Amazing footage. It's tough to say what the best thing to so for survival in that situation would be. IMO, your life would be mostly up to chance.
 
Wow. Amazing footage. It's tough to say what the best thing to so for survival in that situation would be. IMO, your life would be mostly up to chance.

Yeah - there was one minivan or small SUV with someone hanging on top. He was visible for a couple seconds, but I didn't see him again after that.
 
Of all the things I've seen of that Tsunami, that is probably the only one that gives a feel for what it must have actually been like to experience it. Note that I said a feel, no video could replicate the experience itself.

-John
 
Wow. Amazing footage. It's tough to say what the best thing to so for survival in that situation would be. IMO, your life would be mostly up to chance.
I'd stay with the car until it started to sink, seems to me jumping in that water would be suicidal. Another reason flying is better than driving :)
 
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