30
Dec
Leviathan
I saw the news clip where the aussie group was on the beach looking at the oncoming wave. In the background, I could hear someone’s voice, in some other language. The urgency of that voice made the way the aussie group ambled backward surreal. The voice gradually got more urgent over the first few tens of seconds, then it became strident. Only then did the aussies start stepping lively.
The aussies clearly had no idea what they were looking at, or that it was dangerous. It amazes me, though, that the other person did know what she was looking at. More amazing still is the idea that she would hang around far too long in order to try to get those poor dumb bastards off the beach before Leviathan hit.
How could she know what she was looking at? Do tsunamis happen often enough in those parts that she remembered one from long ago, or did she take to heart the somber stories of her parents and grandparents when they told her stories about Death from their day? Or did she simply put one and one together, and had the wherewithal to act upon it while those around her gaped?
Awesome.
(the link is to some right wingnut’s blog where he’s hosting several videos. Thank you, right wingnut.)
