Asian Tsunami hits Sri Lanka, Part I

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Uploaded by on Dec 2, 2006

As broadcast on CNN - some of my raw footage of the 2004 tsunami hitting the western shore of Sri Lanka in the town of Negombo.

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  • Thiss looks more like a puddle-nami than a tsunami. What gives?

  • LOL. God, you're such a smart-ass. The bigger wave I didn't film, because I had to run. But truthfully, it didn't hit our hotel as hard as the rest of the area. Only when we saw the rest of the beach-front homes were flatted, dead farm animals were strewn all over the beach, downtown was devastated, and the fishing boats in the harbor were stacked up on top of each other did we realize something worse had happened...

  • Did you stop filming at this point?

  • Had to. The next surge of water came through the hotel. I shot the video with a digital camera, so the clips were never long. I resumed filming shortly afterwards.

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  • this is the beggining of it. There are like 10 other sets of waves that are bigger that come in the next few hours.

  • I believe this is the start of the wave set? the big one is to follow?

  • run if you apreciate your lifes

  • u'd run for ur life, why are they jus standing thereee!!

  • not sure why people are not freaking out and running? some people are like DUH

  • Elevator, 6th floor!

  • I was in trincomalee when this happened....i was soo freaked out but i didnt lose any of my loved ones

  • man how did so many people die in places like sri lanka where ythwe epicentre was thousands of miles away. from what i can see in this video the waves look weak and feeble

  • Um, I think for a guy coming from the Netherlands (which is in Europe) such places as Universal Studios or Disneyland are more exotic than Sri Lanka. Also, I don't think true elitist bastards would choose poor Asian countries as their holiday destinations.

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