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{\an7}Man: I LOOKED TO MY RIGHT, AND
\hTHE WHOLE WALL JUST EXPLODED.
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{\an7}Man: IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE BEING
IN A WASHING MACHINE
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{\an7}WITH BRICKS, GLASS
\hAND RAZOR BLADES.
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{\an7}Narrator: ON DECEMBER 26, 2004,
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{\an7}A MASSIVE UNDERSEA EARTHQUAKE
\h\h\h\h\hTRIGGERED A TSUNAMI
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{\an7}IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
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{\an7}Woman: WE SAW THIS
PLETHORA OF DEBRIS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHAT WENT ON FOREVER,
YOU COULDN’T SEE THE END OF IT.
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{\an7}Narrator: IN JUST A FEW HOURS,
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{\an7}THE SURGING WAVES CLAIMED
\h\h\h\h\h230,000 LIVES.
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{\an7}THE SCALE OF THE DEVASTATION
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{\an7}TOOK WORLD-LEADING SCIENTISTS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY SURPRISE.
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{\an7}Man: JUST COULDN’T GRASP IT.
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{\an7}\hI THINK THE WHOLE WORLD
WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK.
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{\an7}Narrator: WITH EYEWITNESS
ACCOUNTS AND HOME VIDEOS,
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{\an7}\h\hTHIS PROGRAM EXAMINES
THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY...
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{\an7}Man: THERE WAS NO WARNING SYSTEM
IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
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{\an7}Narrator: ...AND INVESTIGATES
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE SCIENCE RACE
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{\an7}TO FORECAST THE NEXT BIG ONE.
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{\an7}Man: IF CASCADIA HAPPENED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTOMORROW,
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{\an7}WE WOULD LOSE TENS OF THOUSANDS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF PEOPLE.
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{\an7}Man: THERE WILL BE A NEXT ONE,
\hSO YOU BETTER PREPARE FOR IT.
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{\an7}Narrator: 7:40 AM.
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{\an7}THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, 2004.
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{\an7}ON THE WEST COAST OF THAILAND,
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{\an7}IN THE POPULAR RESORT
\h\h\hOF KHAO LAK...
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{\an7}THE BREISCH FAMILY
\h\hFROM SAN DIEGO
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{\an7}HAS BEEN TOURING THE COUNTRY
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE HOLIDAYS.
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{\an7}Stu Breisch: WE WERE SUPPOSED
\h\h\hTHE LEAVE THE NEXT DAY
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{\an7}\h\hAND GO TO ANOTHER VILLAGE ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PENINSULA.
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{\an7}AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED
\hTO DIVE ONE MORE DAY THERE.
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{\an7}Sally Nelson: WE WERE ALL
\h\h\h\h\hREALLY EXCITED
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{\an7}AND GETTING OUR GEAR READY,
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND, YOU KNOW,
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{\an7}THINKING ABOUT WHAT A FUN
\hEXCURSION IT WOULD BE.
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{\an7}Stu: SHANTI, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER,
AND SALLY AND I
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{\an7}BOOKED A DIVE BOAT THAT LEFT
\hTHE BEACH ABOUT 8 O’CLOCK.
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{\an7}Narrator: BUT YOUNGEST DAUGHTER
\h\h\hKALI AND 16-YEAR-OLD JAI
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{\an7}HAVE OTHER PLANS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hJai Breisch:
MY YOUNGER SISTER AND I
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{\an7}HAD SORT OF STAYED OUT LATE,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU KNOW,
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{\an7}\h\h\hHANGING OUT IN THE TOWN,
BUYING STUFF THE NIGHT BEFORE,
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{\an7}AND SHE DIDN’T WANT TO GO OUT
\hSCUBA DIVING THAT MORNING,
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{\an7}SO SHE DECIDED TO
SLEEP IN WITH ME.
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{\an7}Narrator: ALSO ON VACATION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE RESORT
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIS MARINE BIOLOGIST
DWAYNE MEADOWS FROM HAWAII.
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{\an7}Dwayne Meadows: I HAD NEVER BEEN
SCUBA DIVING IN THAT AREA,
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{\an7}\h\h\hSO I HAD BOOKED MYSELF ON
A THREE-DAY SCUBA DIVING TRIP.
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{\an7}IT’S REALLY WARM
AND CLEAR WATERS.
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{\an7}IT WAS REALLY SPECTACULAR,
\h\h\h\h\h\hVERY COLORFUL.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: 70 MILES SOUTH
ON THE ISLANDS OF PHI PHI,
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{\an7}NEWLYWEDS WILL AND AMANDA ROBINS
FROM SACRAMENTO
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{\an7}ARE CELEBRATING THEIR HONEYMOON.
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{\an7}Will Robins: IT WAS JUST
\h\h\hA BEAUTIFUL PLACE,
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{\an7}WITH JUST LOTS OF, YOU KNOW,
LOTS OF PEOPLE ALL TRAVELING
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{\an7}AND HAVING A GOOD TIME,
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{\an7}\hAND YOU KNOW, SUN, BEACHES,
YEAH, EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE RESORT IS
IN A STUNNING LOCATION,
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{\an7}BUT FOR WILL, THE BEAUTY
\h\h\h\h\hOF A HONEYMOON
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{\an7}SURROUNDED BY THE SEA
\h\h\h\hAND MOUNTAINS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hALSO RAISES
AN UNUSUAL QUESTION.
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{\an7}Will: I LOOKED AT THE ISLAND
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND I SAID,
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{\an7}"IF A TSUNAMI HAPPENED HERE
YOU’D BE IN REAL PROBLEMS."
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{\an7}AND I DON’T KNOW WHY
\h\h\hI THOUGHT THAT.
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{\an7}BECAUSE YOU LOOKED AT THESE TWO
\hTALL MOUNTAINS AND A SANDBAR,
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{\an7}SO THE WAVE WOULD GO STRAIGHT
\h\h\h\h\hTHROUGH THE MIDDLE,
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{\an7}AND IT WOULD ALMOST FUNNEL
\hTHE WAVE INTO THE ISLAND.
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{\an7}Narrator: 400 MILES
\h\hOFF THE COAST,
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{\an7}UNDER THE INDIAN OCEAN, THERE’S
\h\hA ZONE OF SEISMIC ACTIVITY.
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{\an7}RUNNING NORTH TO SOUTH HERE
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{\an7}THERE’S A FAULT LINE
IN THE EARTH’S CRUST
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{\an7}CALLED THE SUNDA FAULT.
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{\an7}IT’S OVER 1,100 MILES LONG,
\h\hLONGER THAN CALIFORNIA.
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{\an7}HERE, THE EARTH’S
\hTECTONIC PLATES
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{\an7}ARE IN A CONSTANT
STATE OF MOTION.
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{\an7}THE INDIA OCEANIC PLATE IS BEING
PULLED DOWN UNDER THE LAND MASS
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{\an7}CONNECTED TO INDONESIA
\h\h\h\h\hAND THAILAND.
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{\an7}FOR 19 MILES UNDER THE SEAFLOOR,
AND ALL ALONG THE FAULT LINE,
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{\an7}HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF COMPRESSION
ARE ABOUT TO CAUSE
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{\an7}A CATACLYSMIC EVENT.
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{\an7}EARTHQUAKE.
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{\an7}CLOSEST TO THE EPICENTER--
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINDONESIA.
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{\an7}IN THE TOWN OF BANDA ACEH,
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{\an7}THE TREMORS ARE BEING FELT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND FILMED.
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{\an7}\hAS BUILDINGS COLLAPSE,
A POPULATION IS STUNNED.
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{\an7}[BEEPING]
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{\an7}7,000 MILES AWAY,
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{\an7}\hAT THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER IN HAWAII,
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{\an7}DR. STU WEINSTEIN IS ON DUTY.
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{\an7}Stu Weinstein: I THINK
\h\hOUR PAGERS WENT OFF
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{\an7}SOMETHING LIKE 7 TO 8 MINUTES
\h\h\h\hAFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE CENTER IS SET UP
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSPECIFICALLY
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{\an7}TO WARN THE POPULATIONS OF THE
PACIFIC OF A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT STU ALSO RECEIVES ALERTS
FROM THE GLOBAL SEISMIC NETWORK.
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{\an7}INITIAL INFORMATION IS SKETCHY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hStu: SO I LOOKED UP,
AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE
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{\an7}SOME INTERESTING
SEISMIC SIGNALS.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE DIGITAL PAGE HAS SOME
VERY RUDIMENTARY INFORMATION,
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{\an7}BASICALLY TELLS US WHAT
ALARM REGION WENT OFF.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT THERE WAS STILL
SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE
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{\an7}I COULD EVEN BEGIN TO EVEN TRY
\h\h\hTO LOCATE THE EARTHQUAKE.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: EARLY ESTIMATES
REGISTER THE SEISMIC TREMOR
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{\an7}AS A MAGNITUDE 8.5.
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{\an7}Stu: I ACTUALLY CHANGED
\h\h\h\h\hA FEW THINGS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND RE-RAN IT,
AND IT CAME OUT WITH AN 8.9.
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{\an7}AN 8.9 VERSUS AN 8.5 MAY NOT
SOUND LIKE A BIG DIFFERENCE,
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{\an7}BUT IS REALLY MANY TIMES
\h\h\h\hMORE DESTRUCTIVE,
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{\an7}RELEASES MANY TIMES MORE ENERGY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: IN FACT,
FOUR TIMES AS MUCH POWER--
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{\an7}\h\hTHE EQUIVALENT OF
17,000 ATOMIC BOMBS.
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{\an7}AND THE EARTHQUAKE
\hGETS EVEN BIGGER.
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{\an7}IT’S EVENTUALLY MEASURED
\h\h\hAS A MAGNITUDE 9.2.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE THIRD LARGEST
IN RECORDED HISTORY.
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{\an7}THE RUPTURE RELEASES
\h\h\h\hENOUGH ENERGY
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{\an7}TO RUN AMERICA FOR A WEEK.
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{\an7}AND IT TRIGGERS A TSUNAMI.
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{\an7}AND I SORT OF BUCKLED SIDEWAYS
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{\an7}AND WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH
\h\h\h\h\hTHE NEXT WALL,
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{\an7}AND MY WIFE AND I’S HANDS
\h\h\h\h\hSLIPPED APART.
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{\an7}Dwayne: THE BUNGALOW
\h\h\hJUST LITERALLY
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{\an7}KIND OF DISINTEGRATED,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND I REMEMBER THINKING
I JUST NEED TO HOLD MY BREATH.
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{\an7}AND THEN I WAS SPINNING
\h\hAND TWISTING AND...
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{\an7}\hIT STARTED TO GET
EVEN MORE VIOLENT,
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND, AND THAT’S WHEN
I REALLY STARTED TO PANIC.
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{\an7}\hAND THEN THINGS
START TO HIT YOU,
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{\an7}START TO REALIZE THIS IS MORE
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{\an7}THAN JUST BEING ABLE
\hTO SWIM THIS THING,
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{\an7}\h\h\hIT’S BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE
THE IMPACTS OF ALL THIS GARBAGE.
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{\an7}Jai: IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE BEING
IN A WASHING MACHINE
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{\an7}WITH BRICKS AND POOL BALLS
AND GLASS AND RAZOR BLADES
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND CONCRETE AND
FULL PIECES OF PLYWOOD
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{\an7}FLOATING OVER YOUR HEAD
\hSO YOU CAN’T SURFACE.
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{\an7}AT ONE POINT, I WAS HIT
\hBY A TREE LIKE THIS,
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{\an7}\hAND I BELIEVE THAT’S WHAT
KNOCKED MY COLLARBONE OUT.
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{\an7}Will: I’M TUMBLING
\h\hOVER AND OVER,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND REALIZING, OK,
I DON’T HAVE ANY OXYGEN LEFT.
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{\an7}AND THEN REALIZING
\hTHIS IS MY DEATH,
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{\an7}THIS IS THE END OF MY LIFE.
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{\an7}Dwayne: AND I START THINKING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hABOUT MY SON
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{\an7}AND JUST KIND OF
SAYING GOODBYES,
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{\an7}SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING
\h\h\hCLOSURE ON YOUR LIFE.
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{\an7}Will: AND I REMEMBER CLEARLY
\h\h\h\h\h\hSAYING TO MYSELF,
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{\an7}THIS ISN’T HOW I DIE.
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{\an7}\hTHIS IS NOT HOW
WILL ROBINS DIES.
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{\an7}\h\h\hJai: I HAD THIS FEELING
THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO DIE.
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{\an7}I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT
\h\h\h\h\hTHROUGH THIS.
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{\an7}Narrator: AFTER 15 MINUTES OF
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTOTAL WASHOUT,
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{\an7}EVENTUALLY THE WAVES DIE DOWN,
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{\an7}LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THEIR WAKE.
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{\an7}Jai: AND THEN I’M LIKE
\h\h\hJUST LAYING THERE
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{\an7}\hIN A FEW INCHES OF WATER,
LYING ON THE JUNGLE FLOOR,
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{\an7}LOOKING UP AT THIS
\hPERFECT BLUE SKY
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{\an7}WONDERING WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
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{\an7}Narrator: WHILE THE TSUNAMI
\hHAS STRANDED JAI INLAND,
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{\an7}WILL ROBINS HAS BEEN TAKEN
\h\h\hIN ANOTHER DIRECTION.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWill: IT WAS BANG--
I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN.
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{\an7}AND I LOOK TO MY RIGHT,
\h\h\h\hAND THERE I AM
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{\an7}300, 400 YARDS ACROSS THE ISLAND
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{\an7}OUT INTO THE MIDDLE
\h\h\hOF THE OCEAN.
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{\an7}\hMY WIFE’S HAND HAD
SLIPPED OUT OF MINE,
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{\an7}SO I’D LOST MY WIFE,
\h\hAND IT WAS OVER.
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{\an7}Narrator: NASA IMAGES REVEAL
\h\h\h\h\hKHAO LAK FROM ABOVE
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{\an7}BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAVES.
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{\an7}THE WHOLE RESORT STRIPPED AWAY.
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{\an7}[BEEPING]
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{\an7}SCIENTISTS AT THE PACIFIC
\hTSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
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{\an7}CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
\h\hSEISMIC ALERTS.
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{\an7}IT’S BEEN OVER TWO HOURS
SINCE THE INITIAL QUAKE.
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{\an7}BUT THERE’S A PROBLEM.
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{\an7}Stu: THERE WAS VERY LITTLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINFORMATION
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{\an7}COMING FROM THE SOURCE
OF WHERE THIS HAPPENED.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHERE WAS NO
SEA LEVEL INFORMATION,
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{\an7}SO WE WERE KIND OF FLYING BLIND.
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{\an7}Narrator: THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED
REPORTS OF A TSUNAMI
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{\an7}FROM ANY SOURCE.
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{\an7}Stu: WE WERE JUST TRYING TO CALL
PEOPLE THAT WE KNEW
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{\an7}IN THAT REGION.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAT THAT TIME,
INDONESIA AND THAILAND,
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{\an7}NONE OF THEM HAD REALLY INVESTED
IN THE COMMUNICATIONS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTO GET A WARNING OUT TO
THE PUBLIC IN THE AREAS AT RISK,
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{\an7}SO THE PEOPLE HAD NO WARNING.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: AS THE TSUNAMI
RADIATES OUT FROM THE EPICENTER,
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{\an7}THE NEXT TO FEEL ITS WRATH
IS THE ISLAND OF SRI LANKA.
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{\an7}THEY, TOO, HAVE NO WARNING.
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{\an7}AN UNSTOPPABLE WALL OF WATER
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{\an7}ENGULFS THE COASTAL TOWN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF GALLE.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE TSUNAMI SUBMERGES
THE CENTRAL BUS STATION.
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{\an7}IN MINUTES, A WHOLE TOWN
\h\h\h\h\hIS UNDERWATER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hACROSS THE REGION,
COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY IS HIT
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{\an7}BY THE FORCE OF THE TSUNAMI.
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{\an7}THE WAVE EVEN RACES
\hACROSS THE OCEAN,
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{\an7}REACHING AS FAR AS SOUTH AFRICA,
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{\an7}\h5,000 MILES AWAY
FROM THE EPICENTER,
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{\an7}11 HOURS AFTER THE QUAKE.
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{\an7}THE DEATH TOLL IS STAGGERING.
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{\an7}OVER 230,000 LIVES TAKEN.
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{\an7}IT’S THE DEADLIEST TSUNAMI
\h\h\h\h\h\hEVER RECORDED.
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{\an7}Stu: I WAS, JUST, MY GOD,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHAT, WHAT, WHAT
TRANSPIRED TODAY, YOU KNOW?
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{\an7}IT WAS JUST KIND OF
\h\h\hOVERWHELMING.
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{\an7}Narrator: IN INDONESIA,
SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL
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{\an7}THE EXTENT OF THE DEVASTATION
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{\an7}IN THE PROVINCE OF ACEH
\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM ABOVE.
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{\an7}AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD
\h\hWIPED OFF THE MAP.
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{\an7}\h\hIN THAILAND, THE BEACHES THAT
WERE ONCE PARADISE ARE IN RUINS.
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{\an7}Jai: IT WAS SOMETHING OUT OF
A HORROR MOVIE OR A WAR ZONE.
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{\an7}IT WAS VERY, VERY GRUESOME
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND VERY REAL.
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{\an7}Narrator: IN THE HOURS
\h\h\hAFTER THE IMPACT,
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{\an7}MEDICS AND SURVIVORS
\h\hSTRUGGLE TO COPE
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{\an7}WITH THE SCALE OF THE DISASTER.
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{\an7}TEENAGER JAI BREISCH MAKES IT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO A HOSPITAL.
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{\an7}Jai: I’M ONLY 16,
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{\an7}AND ALL I HAD TO MY NAME WAS
\h\h\hA PAIR OF BOXER SHORTS,
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{\an7}NO PASSPORT, NO MONEY, NO PHONE,
NO PHONE NUMBERS.
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{\an7}Narrator: HIS PARENTS WERE
\h\h\h\hAT SEA SCUBA DIVING
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{\an7}WHEN THE WAVE HIT.
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{\an7}\hAND THERE’S NO SIGN OF
HIS YOUNGER SISTER KALI.
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{\an7}Jai: MY UNDERSTANDING WAS
THAT THEY WERE ALL DEAD.
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{\an7}AND THAT HIT ME KIND OF HARD.
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{\an7}’CAUSE I JUST KNEW
\h\hTHEY WERE DEAD.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: A HUGE TSUNAMI
HAS DEVASTATED THE COASTLINE
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{\an7}OF 18 COUNTRIES AROUND
\h\h\hTHE INDIAN OCEAN.
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{\an7}SALLY AND STU BREISCH
HAVE BEEN OUT AT SEA
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{\an7}ON A SCUBA DIVING TRIP
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{\an7}AND BARELY NOTICED THE TSUNAMI
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPASS UNDER THEM.
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{\an7}BUT WHEN THEY RETURN TO SHORE,
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{\an7}THEY GET THE SHOCK
\h\hOF THEIR LIVES.
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{\an7}Sally: WE SAW THIS JUST,
\h\hA PLETHORA OF DEBRIS
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{\an7}THAT WAS, THAT WENT ON FOREVER,
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{\an7}AND I MEAN, YOU COULDN’T SEE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE END OF IT.
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{\an7}WHEN WE GOT TO THE BUNGALOWS
AND THEY WERE ALL DEMOLISHED,
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{\an7}AND THE TREES WERE ALL
PULLED UP BY THE ROOTS,
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{\an7}AND IT WAS COMPLETE SILENCE.
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{\an7}Narrator: FOREMOST
\h\hIN THEIR MINDS
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{\an7}\hIS THE LOCATION OF THEIR TWO
TEENAGE CHILDREN, JAI AND KALI.
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{\an7}Stu: I HAD HOPE, BUT I REALLY
WAS PREPARING MYSELF MENTALLY
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{\an7}FOR LOSING BOTH OF THEM, BECAUSE
NOBODY COULD HAVE SURVIVED THAT.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: FOR DAYS,
STU AND SALLY SEARCH,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hJOINING THE THOUSANDS
LOOKING FOR LOST LOVED ONES.
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{\an7}Sally: WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE PROBABILITY
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{\an7}\h\hTHAT BOTH JAI AND KALI
COULDN’T HAVE SURVIVED IT.
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{\an7}Narrator: THEN, AFTER FIVE DAYS,
THERE’S NEWS.
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{\an7}\hTHEIR SON JAI IS AT
A HOSPITAL IN BANGKOK
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{\an7}AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED THERE
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{\an7}BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS
\h\h\h\h\hOF HIS INJURIES.
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{\an7}AND THEY’RE REUNITED.
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{\an7}Stu: WE JUST LOOKED
\h\hAT EACH OTHER,
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{\an7}\h\hAND I JUST HUGGED HIM
AND WE BOTH WERE CRYING.
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{\an7}\hHE REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE
ALL DEAD, EVERY ONE OF US.
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{\an7}HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT HAD SURVIVED.
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{\an7}Narrator: FINDING JAI IS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA RELIEF,
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{\an7}BUT THE REUNION IS BITTERSWEET--
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{\an7}THERE’S NO SIGN OF KALI.
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{\an7}WITHIN HOURS OF THE TSUNAMI,
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{\an7}\h\hNEWS OF THE DISASTER IS
BROADCAST AROUND THE WORLD.
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{\an7}Newscaster: THE MOST POWERFUL
\h\h\hEARTHQUAKE IN 40 YEARS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hOCCURRED IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA TODAY.
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{\an7}Newscaster: MORE THAN 11,000
\h\h\hPEOPLE ARE NOW THOUGHT
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{\an7}TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
\hIN SOUTHERN ASIA.
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{\an7}\hNewscaster: REPORTS ARE
OF SEVERAL THOUSAND DEAD,
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{\an7}WITH THE DEATH TOLL
\hEXPECTED TO RISE.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE U.S. NAVY
IS THE FIRST TO RESPOND
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{\an7}IN A MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL
\h\h\h\h\h\hRELIEF EFFORT.
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{\an7}THE U.S.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
\h\h\h\h\h\hLEADS THE WAY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDoug Crowder:
IN THE LOW-LYING AREAS
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{\an7}WHERE MANY OF THE VILLAGES WERE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT MET THE SEA,
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{\an7}IT’S JUST PANCAKED.
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{\an7}Narrator: OPERATION UNIFIED
\h\h\h\hASSISTANCE INVOLVES
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{\an7}MORE THAN 12,000 STAFF,
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{\an7}2 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
\hAND 12 CRUISERS,
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{\an7}PROVIDING UP TO 90,000 GALLONS
\h\h\hOF CLEAN WATER EVERY DAY.
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{\an7}Doug: WE’RE GOING TO FLY
\h\hWHEREVER WE’RE NEEDED
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{\an7}TO GET SUPPLIES AND PEOPLE
\h\h\h\h\h\hBACK AND FORTH
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTO THE PEOPLE
MOST AFFECTED BY THIS.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE AIR RELIEF ALONE
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{\an7}MOVES OVER 6,000 PASSENGERS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO SAFETY,
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{\an7}AND PROVIDES 5,000 TONS OF FOOD
\h\h\h\h\hAND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
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{\an7}WHILE THOSE AFFECTED LOOKED
\hTO CLEAN UP AND REBUILD,
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{\an7}TSUNAMI SCIENTISTS AROUND
\h\hTHE WORLD TAKE STOCK.
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{\an7}Eddie Bernard: I THINK
JUST COULDN’T GRASP IT.
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{\an7}\hI THINK THE WHOLE WORLD
WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE SINGLE BIGGEST
\hFACTOR IN THE LOSS OF LIFE
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{\an7}WAS THAT IN 2004 THERE WAS NO
\h\hEFFECTIVE WARNING SYSTEM
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{\an7}IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, UNLIKE SOME
OTHER REGIONS, LIKE THE PACIFIC.
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{\an7}Gerard: WHAT I THOUGHT WAS
\h\h\h\h\h\hWE’VE BLOWN IT,
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{\an7}THAT WE HAD OUR BLINKERS ON.
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{\an7}WE WERE SO CONCENTRATED ON
\h\hTHE PACIFIC, YOU KNOW,
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{\an7}BECAUSE THE THREAT IS VERY REAL.
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{\an7}\h\hWE HAD IGNORED
THESE OTHER PLACES.
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{\an7}AND THEN IT HAPPENED THERE.
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{\an7}Narrator: BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF
SEA LEVEL DETECTORS
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{\an7}AND POOR COMMUNICATIONS,
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{\an7}IT TOOK ALMOST FOUR HOURS
\h\hBEFORE SEISMOLOGISTS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hHAD CONFIRMATION THAT
THE EARTHQUAKE HAD TRIGGERED
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{\an7}A TSUNAMI IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
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{\an7}\hIan Robertson: I THINK
THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI
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{\an7}WARNED THE REST OF THE WORLD
\h\hTHAT THEY’RE NOT IMMUNE.
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{\an7}Eddie: THE TSUNAMI DOESN’T CARE
\h\hWHICH COUNTRY YOU’RE FROM,
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{\an7}IT DOESN’T CARE WHICH
\hLANGUAGE YOU SPEAK,
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00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:46,172
{\an7}AND IT DOESN’T CARE WHAT
\h\h\hRELIGION YOU HAVE,
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{\an7}IT’S GOING TO KILL YOU.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: THE BEST CHANCE OF
PREVENTING A TRAGEDY LIKE THIS
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{\an7}EVER HAPPENING AGAIN?
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{\an7}CREATE A GLOBAL TSUNAMI
\h\h\h\hWARNING SYSTEM.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE PROBLEM IS
EARTHQUAKES UNDER THE SEA
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{\an7}ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT.
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{\an7}AND EVEN WHEN THEY DO OCCUR,
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{\an7}REACTING QUICKLY ISN’T
\hTHE ONLY CHALLENGE--
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{\an7}BECAUSE NOT ALL EARTHQUAKES
\h\h\h\hPRODUCE A TSUNAMI.
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{\an7}Eddie: THIS IS WHERE A WARNING
\h\h\h\hSYSTEM IS SO CRITICAL.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIT DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN
THE SHAKING WHICH IS DANGEROUS
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{\an7}\hVERSUS THE SHAKING
THAT’S NOT DANGEROUS.
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{\an7}Narrator: WHEN A MASSIVE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEARTHQUAKE
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{\an7}RUPTURES THE SEAFLOOR, IT FORCES
A HUGE VOLUME OF WATER UPWARDS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND ACROSS THE SEA
AT UP TO 500 MILES PER HOUR.
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{\an7}WHAT SCIENTISTS WANTED TO DO WAS
TO USE THIS WAVE MOVEMENT
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{\an7}TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.
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{\an7}ENGINEERS AT THE PACIFIC MARINE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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{\an7}RAMP UP TECHNOLOGY
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{\an7}THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN
\h\hAT PROTOTYPE STAGE--
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{\an7}A GLOBAL ARRAY OF DEEP SEA
\h\h\h\hTSUNAMI DETECTORS.
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{\an7}THEY’RE CALLED DART BUOYS,
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{\an7}OR DEEP OCEAN AND ASSESSMENT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF TSUNAMIS.
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{\an7}THE PROBLEM WAS DEPLOYING
\hA GLOBAL ARRAY OF BUOYS
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{\an7}AT SEISMIC AREAS IN DEEP SEA
HAD NEVER BEEN TRIED BEFORE.
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{\an7}\hChristian Meinig: WE KNEW OUR
TECHNOLOGY HAD TO BE EXPANDED,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT HAD TO WORK
ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET.
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{\an7}THE MOORING LINE HAS
\hA BIG SPOOL INSIDE
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{\an7}THAT CAN GO UP TO SIX KILOMETERS
OF WATER DEPTH NOW,
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{\an7}SO WE CAN DEPLOY THIS JUST WITH
\hA CRANE, IT’S REALLY SIMPLE.
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{\an7}THE BRAINS OF THIS THING IS
\h\hON THE SEAFLOOR, RIGHT,
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{\an7}SO WE HAVE A BOTTOM PRESSURE
GAUGE THAT SITS ON THE BOTTOM
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{\an7}AND IT COMMUNICATES TO THE BUOY
\h\h\h\hWITH AN ACOUSTIC MODEM,
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{\an7}SO IT ACTUALLY SENDS
\hDIGITAL INFORMATION
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{\an7}\h\hTHROUGH THE SEAWATER,
AND THE BUOY RECEIVES IT.
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{\an7}Narrator: THEN THE BUOY
\h\hTRANSMITS A SIGNAL
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{\an7}\hTO A SATELLITE THAT BEAMS DATA
DIRECTLY TO THE WARNING CENTERS.
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{\an7}ALL IN TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.
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{\an7}\hIN 2004 THERE WERE JUST
SIX PROTOTYPE DETECTORS--
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{\an7}THREE OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA,
\hTWO OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST,
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{\an7}AND ONE ON THE EQUATOR.
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{\an7}TODAY, 60 OF THESE DART BUOYS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE POSITIONED
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{\an7}AT STRATEGIC POINTS
\hAROUND THE WORLD.
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{\an7}IN THE RACE TO GET A WARNING OUT
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{\an7}BEFORE A TSUNAMI
HITS THE COASTS,
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{\an7}WHEN A WAVE IS DETECTED, IT’S
THEN UP TO COMPUTER MODELERS
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{\an7}TO MAKE A FORECAST, AND FAST.
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{\an7}Vasily Titov: TSUNAMI PROPAGATES
WITH THE SPEED OF A JETLINER,
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{\an7}AND EVERY MINUTE COUNTS.
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{\an7}WHILE WE CANNOT PREDICT
\h\h\h\h\h\hEARTHQUAKE,
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{\an7}IF WE CAN DETECT IT VERY FAST,
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{\an7}\hAND THEN MEASURE TSUNAMI
THAT ORIGINATED FROM THAT,
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHEN WE CAN PREDICT HOW
TSUNAMI WAVE WILL PROPAGATE.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: IN 2004,
VASILY TITOV CREATED
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{\an7}THE FIRST COMPUTER
\hGLOBAL SIMULATION
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{\an7}OF THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI.
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{\an7}BACK THEN A FORECAST TOOK
\h\hEIGHT HOURS TO BUILD.
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{\an7}\hBUT SINCE THEN, PIONEERING
ADVANCES HAVE TAKEN THAT TIME
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{\an7}DOWN TO LESS THAN 45 MINUTES,
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{\an7}AND WITH MUCH MORE DETAIL.
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{\an7}\h\hVasily: IF YOU USE DIFFERENT
COLORS FOR DIFFERENT AMPLITUDES,
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{\an7}\hTHEN YOU START TO
VISUALIZE THE WAVE,
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{\an7}YOU ACTUALLY CAN SEE THE WAVE.
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{\an7}THAT’S QUITE STUNNING.
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{\an7}WE CAN PROBABLY NOT
\hDEFEND OURSELVES
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{\an7}COMPLETELY FROM TSUNAMIS,
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{\an7}SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IS
\hTO DO THE FORECAST
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{\an7}AND THEN ACT TO SAVE LIVES.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: AND ONLY SIX YEARS
AFTER THE INDIAN OCEAN DISASTER,
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{\an7}THE NEXT REAL TEST WOULD COME.
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{\an7}2:46 PM.
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{\an7}MARCH 11, 2011.
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{\an7}80 MILES OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN,
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{\an7}A MAGNITUDE 9 EARTHQUAKE
TRIGGERS A HUGE TSUNAMI.
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{\an7}WITHIN MINUTES,
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{\an7}A NETWORK OF SEISMIC STATIONS
\h\h\h\hAND FAST OBSERVATION
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{\an7}CONFIRM THE WAVE.
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{\an7}MANY PEOPLE RESPOND AND
MAKE FOR HIGHER GROUND.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHEN THE TSUNAMI HITS,
IT DEVASTATES JAPAN’S COASTLINE.
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{\an7}THE ENERGY OF THE WAVE
\h\h\h\hIS SO POWERFUL
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{\an7}\h\hTHAT IT TRAVELS
ACROSS THE PACIFIC,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hEVENTUALLY REACHING
AMERICAN SHORES 10 HOURS LATER,
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{\an7}CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
\h\hIN PIERS AND HARBORS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN JAPAN,
DESPITE THE ADVANCE WARNING,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE TSUNAMI KNOCKS OUT
A NUCLEAR REACTOR IN FUKUSHIMA,
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{\an7}THREATENING NUCLEAR MELTDOWN.
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{\an7}ACROSS JAPAN 19,000 PEOPLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE KILLED.
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{\an7}BUT IT’S ESTIMATED THAT WITHOUT
\h\hA WARNING SYSTEM IN PLACE,
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{\an7}THE GLOBAL DEATH TOLL WOULD HAVE
BEEN 10 TIMES THAT NUMBER.
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{\an7}THE TSUNAMI-DETECTING BUOYS
\h\h\h\h\hLOCATED OFFSHORE
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{\an7}SENSED THE WAVE, AND A FORECAST
WAS CREATED WITHIN 45 MINUTES.
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{\an7}NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR
THOSE ON THE COAST,
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{\an7}BUT ENOUGH TIME FOR COUNTRIES
OUTSIDE OF JAPAN TO EVACUATE,
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00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:23,742
{\an7}WHERE THERE WERE JUST
\h\h\hTWO CASUALTIES.
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{\an7}Vasily: UNLIKE THE INDIAN OCEAN,
WE WERE NOT BLIND.
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{\an7}WE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE SYSTEM WORKED.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT THERE WERE ALSO
CRUCIAL LESSONS LEARNED.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE NEXT TSUNAMI FORECAST
WILL HAVE TO BE EVEN FASTER.
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{\an7}Vasily: WHAT WE CAN DO IS
\h\hTO DEVELOP THE SYSTEM
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{\an7}THAT WILL PRODUCE THE FORECAST
\h\h\h\hIN A MATTER OF MINUTES,
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00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:49,267
{\an7}BETTER SECONDS, SO THAT PEOPLE
\hON THE COAST WILL BE WARNED.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: AS SOME LOOK TO
FUTURE-PROOF THEIR COASTLINES,
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{\an7}OTHERS ARE LOOKING
FOR WHEN AND WHERE
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{\an7}A KILLER WAVE WILL HIT AGAIN.
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{\an7}\h\hAND THEIR SIGHTS ARE SET
ON THE WEST COAST OF AMERICA.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h50 MILES OFF
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST
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00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:17,996
{\an7}\hLURKS ANOTHER SEISMIC ZONE
KNOWN AS THE CASCADIA FAULT.
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{\an7}JUST LIKE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN,
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{\an7}HERE OCEANIC CRUST
\h\hIS BEING PULLED
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{\an7}UNDER THE CONTINENTAL SHELF.
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{\an7}WHEN IT BREAKS,
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{\an7}A TSUNAMI WILL HIT THE COAST
\h\hIN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES.
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{\an7}Eddie: IT COULD HAPPEN TO US,
\h\h\h\hIT WILL HAPPEN TO US,
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{\an7}IT’S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE CRITICAL QUESTION IS WHEN
WILL THE NEXT BIG ONE HAPPEN?
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{\an7}NO ONE CAN BE 100% CERTAIN.
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00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:55,667
{\an7}SOME SCIENTISTS SAY THERE IS
\h\h\h\hA ONE IN THREE CHANCE
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{\an7}THAT A MAGNITUDE 8 OR 9
EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI
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{\an7}\h\hWILL HIT AMERICA
IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
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00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:05,377
{\an7}Gerard: IF SUCH AN EVENT
\h\h\hHAPPENED TOMORROW,
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{\an7}WE WOULD BE SURPRISED,
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{\an7}BECAUSE REALLY LARGE EARTHQUAKES
ARE RARE,
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00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:09,981
{\an7}SO WE WOULD ALL BE SURPRISED,
425
00:34:10,015 --> 00:34:11,750
{\an7}BUT NOT THAT SURPRISED.
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00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:15,186
{\an7}THERE WILL BE A NEXT ONE.
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00:34:15,287 --> 00:34:18,190
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIan: IF WE HAVE A MAJOR
EARTHQUAKE ON THAT FAULT ZONE,
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{\an7}WHICH IS PREDICTED,
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{\an7}IT WILL CAUSE A TSUNAMI WHICH
WILL INUNDATE THAT COASTLINE
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00:34:24,296 --> 00:34:27,399
{\an7}WITHIN 20 TO 30 MINUTES.
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00:34:27,499 --> 00:34:28,767
{\an7}IF CASCADIA HAPPENED TOMORROW
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00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:31,570
{\an7}WE WOULD LOSE TENS OF THOUSANDS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF PEOPLE.
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00:34:31,603 --> 00:34:33,705
{\an7}THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
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00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:36,140
{\an7}ALONG THAT COASTLINE
WHO WOULD BE EXPOSED,
435
00:34:36,308 --> 00:34:40,412
{\an7}AND MANY OF THOSE WOULD NOT HAVE
A WAY TO GET TO HIGH GROUND.
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00:34:40,445 --> 00:34:43,515
{\an7}Narrator: THE QUESTION FOR
\h\h\h\h\hSCIENTISTS NOW IS
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00:34:43,615 --> 00:34:45,817
{\an7}WILL AMERICA BE READY?
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00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:52,490
{\an7}\hOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
SCIENTISTS HAVE DESIGNED
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00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:56,261
{\an7}A TEST FACILITY THAT THEY
BELIEVE COULD SAVE LIVES.
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00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:13,011
{\an7}THIS IS THE LARGEST TSUNAMI
\h\hSIMULATOR IN THE WORLD.
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00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,149
{\an7}\h\h\hA DIRECTIONAL
WAVE-MAKING MACHINE
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00:35:17,182 --> 00:35:20,452
{\an7}GENERATES TSUNAMI-LIKE
\h\h\hSURGES OF WATER.
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00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:28,560
{\an7}CAMERAS AND WAVE GAUGES MEASURE
\h\h\h\hEVERY SPLASH AND CRASH.
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00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:33,831
{\an7}THE TARGET OF ONE EXPERIMENT,
445
00:35:33,865 --> 00:35:37,268
{\an7}A SCALED DOWN MODEL OF THE TOWN
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF SEASIDE, OREGON,
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00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:42,607
{\an7}THAT’S RIGHT IN THE PROJECTED
\hPATH OF A CASCADIA TSUNAMI.
447
00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:44,877
{\an7}Patrick Lynett: WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN A TSUNAMI FLOWS THROUGH
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00:35:44,909 --> 00:35:45,943
{\an7}THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT?
449
00:35:46,111 --> 00:35:48,080
{\an7}MEANING WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN IT FLOWS THROUGH
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00:35:48,113 --> 00:35:52,017
{\an7}GRIDS AND BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS?
451
00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:54,185
{\an7}Narrator: AS THE WAVE RUSHES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDOWN STREETS,
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00:35:54,219 --> 00:35:56,855
{\an7}\hAROUND MODEL HOUSES
AND OFFICE BUILDINGS,
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00:35:56,955 --> 00:35:58,023
{\an7}JUST LIKE THE TSUNAMI
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00:35:58,056 --> 00:36:01,826
{\an7}AS IT SURGED THROUGH
\hBANDA ACEH IN 2004,
455
00:36:01,926 --> 00:36:04,629
{\an7}\hTHE BEHAVIOR OF THE WAVE
ALLOWS SCIENTISTS TO CREATE
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00:36:04,796 --> 00:36:07,699
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCOMPUTER MODELS OF
THE PREDICTED TSUNAMI’S FLOW
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00:36:07,732 --> 00:36:10,068
{\an7}FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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00:36:12,303 --> 00:36:14,972
{\an7}Patrick: WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT
\h\h\h\hIT GETS CONCENTRATED.
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00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:18,710
{\an7}SO THE WATER DEPTH GETS LARGER,
\h\hTHE VELOCITIES ARE HIGHER.
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00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:21,546
{\an7}WITH THAT COMES A GREATER
\h\hPOTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.
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00:36:22,981 --> 00:36:24,916
{\an7}[SCREAMING]
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00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:27,785
{\an7}\hNarrator: THE SHOCKING SCENES
FILMED ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN
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00:36:27,819 --> 00:36:31,823
{\an7}IN 2004 COULD BE REPEATED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN AMERICA.
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00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:36,661
{\an7}TEN YEARS AGO, PAT SAW FIRSTHAND
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00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:40,399
{\an7}THE DEVASTATION THE INDIAN OCEAN
TSUNAMI CAUSED.
466
00:36:40,432 --> 00:36:42,668
{\an7}\hPat: WITHIN A WEEK, I WAS
ON THE GROUND IN SRI LANKA
467
00:36:42,701 --> 00:36:44,036
{\an7}WITH A LARGE TEAM.
468
00:36:44,069 --> 00:36:47,573
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHAT WE SAW IN 2004
IN THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI,
469
00:36:47,605 --> 00:36:48,806
{\an7}IT WAS A WAKE-UP CALL.
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00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,076
{\an7}IT SHOWED US THAT TSUNAMIS
\hON MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE
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00:36:51,176 --> 00:36:54,246
{\an7}CAN COMPLETELY DEVASTATE
\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMMUNITIES.
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00:36:54,279 --> 00:36:56,248
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: SITUATED IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON,
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00:36:56,381 --> 00:36:58,416
{\an7}NEAR THE CITIES OF SEATTLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND PORTLAND
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00:36:58,516 --> 00:37:02,320
{\an7}IS THE TOWN OF OCEAN SHORES.
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00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:04,255
{\an7}WHEN THE CASCADIA FAULT BREAKS,
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00:37:04,289 --> 00:37:07,926
{\an7}THERE ARE JUST 30 MINUTES
\h\hBEFORE THIS HAPPENS.
477
00:37:11,396 --> 00:37:12,931
{\an7}Ian: THERE WILL BE PEOPLE
\h\hWHO WILL TRY TO FLEE
478
00:37:12,964 --> 00:37:15,033
{\an7}BUT WON’T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO.
479
00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:17,168
{\an7}AND THEY WILL PERISH BECAUSE
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00:37:17,202 --> 00:37:20,672
{\an7}\hTHE TSUNAMI’S GOING
TO COME TOO QUICKLY.
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00:37:20,705 --> 00:37:22,006
{\an7}Narrator: 20 MILES SOUTH,
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00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:26,578
{\an7}A SIMILAR SCENARIO THREATENS
\h\h\hLONG BEACH, WASHINGTON.
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00:37:26,611 --> 00:37:30,248
{\an7}LOCATED BETWEEN THESE TOWNS
\h\h\h\h\hIS OCOSTA SCHOOL.
484
00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:35,587
{\an7}Ian: THE COMMUNITY AROUND
OCOSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
485
00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:38,456
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDECIDED THAT BECAUSE
THE STUDENTS WOULDN’T HAVE TIME
486
00:37:38,490 --> 00:37:40,325
{\an7}TO EVACUATE TO HIGH GROUND,
487
00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:43,695
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHEY NEEDED TO PROVIDE
A VERTICAL EVACUATION STRUCTURE.
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00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:46,632
{\an7}THE PLAN IS THAT THERE WOULD BE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOUR STAIRCASES
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00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:48,432
{\an7}TO ACCESS THAT ROOF.
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00:37:48,466 --> 00:37:51,803
{\an7}SO IT WILL BE THE FIRST BUILDING
SPECIFICALLY BUILT
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00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:55,073
{\an7}\h\h\hFOR VERTICAL EVACUATION
IN THE WEST COAST OF THE U.S.
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00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:58,476
{\an7}HOPEFULLY NOT THE LAST.
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00:37:58,510 --> 00:38:00,045
{\an7}Narrator: AND IT’S NOT JUST
\h\h\h\h\hTOWNS AND CITIES
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00:38:00,078 --> 00:38:02,714
{\an7}IN THE DIRECT FIRING LINE
OF A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI
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00:38:02,747 --> 00:38:05,116
{\an7}THAT ARE UNDER THREAT.
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00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:06,584
{\an7}\hPat: WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT TSUNAMI DAMAGE,
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00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:09,387
{\an7}\hYOU THINK ABOUT FLOODING,
YOU THINK ABOUT INUNDATION.
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00:38:09,420 --> 00:38:11,289
{\an7}IF YOU’RE IN A PORT OR A HARBOR,
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00:38:11,322 --> 00:38:14,125
{\an7}YOU CAN GET TREMENDOUS TSUNAMI
\h\h\hDAMAGE WITH NO FLOODING,
500
00:38:14,159 --> 00:38:15,560
{\an7}WITH NO INUNDATION,
501
00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:19,297
{\an7}AND THIS TSUNAMI DAMAGE IS BEING
CAUSED BY THE STRONG CURRENTS.
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00:38:19,397 --> 00:38:22,367
{\an7}Narrator: INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE
\h\h\h\h\hFROM JAPAN IN 2011
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00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,270
{\an7}GAVE PAT THE FIRST-EVER
\h\h\h\hVISUAL EVIDENCE
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00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:27,705
{\an7}OF A DESTRUCTIVE PHENOMENON--
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00:38:27,739 --> 00:38:30,075
{\an7}A TSUNAMI WHIRLPOOL.
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00:38:30,108 --> 00:38:31,109
{\an7}Pat: IT’S TREMENDOUS.
507
00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:33,645
{\an7}THE WHIRLPOOL TAKES UP
\h\h\hTHE ENTIRE PORT,
508
00:38:33,778 --> 00:38:36,114
{\an7}AND IT’S SPINNING SO FAST THAT
\h\hYOU HAVE WHITE WATER RAPIDS
509
00:38:36,214 --> 00:38:39,417
{\an7}ESSENTIALLY ROTATING AROUND
\hTHE CENTER OF THIS IMAGE,
510
00:38:39,450 --> 00:38:42,787
{\an7}THE SCALE OF THAT WAS SOMETHING
\h\h\h\hWE HADN’T SEEN BEFORE.
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00:38:45,456 --> 00:38:47,425
{\an7}Narrator: PAT IS SETTING UP
\h\h\h\hA UNIQUE EXPERIMENT
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00:38:47,525 --> 00:38:50,528
{\an7}IN THE WAVE TANK.
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00:38:50,562 --> 00:38:53,965
{\an7}Pat: AKUD, IF YOU COULD GET
\h\h\hALONG THE BREAKWATER,
514
00:38:53,998 --> 00:38:56,033
{\an7}AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN
TO THE BREAKWATER.
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00:38:56,134 --> 00:39:00,271
{\an7}\h\hWHAT WE’RE DOING TODAY IS
APPROXIMATELY A 1 ON 30 SCALE
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00:39:00,305 --> 00:39:03,542
{\an7}\h\h\hOF A REAL TSUNAMI
IN A PORT OR A HARBOR.
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00:39:03,641 --> 00:39:06,377
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTO DO THAT
WE USE SURFACE TRACERS,
518
00:39:06,411 --> 00:39:09,214
{\an7}\h\hAND THAT’S WHAT THESE BLACK
BALLS ON THE WATER SURFACE ARE.
519
00:39:09,247 --> 00:39:10,782
{\an7}AS THE TSUNAMI STARTS TO MOVE,
520
00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:12,784
{\an7}YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THESE BALLS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSTART TO MOVE
521
00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:15,286
{\an7}WITH THE FLOW OF THE WATER.
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00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,856
{\an7}Narrator: A SCALED DOWN
\h\hTYPICAL HARBOR WALL
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00:39:17,889 --> 00:39:21,259
{\an7}IS SET IN THE PATH OF
\hTHE ONCOMING WAVE.
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00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:24,996
{\an7}\hPat: OK, CONTROL ROOM,
WE ARE OK TO RUN A WAVE.
525
00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:26,931
{\an7}Man: OK, WAVE MAKER STARTED.
526
00:39:32,003 --> 00:39:34,606
{\an7}Pat: THE WAVE MAKER IS PUSHING
\h\h\h\h\hFORWARD VERY SLOWLY.
527
00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,841
{\an7}YOU CAN START TO SEE THE RIPPLES
ON THE WATER SURFACE.
528
00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:40,145
{\an7}THERE IS A WAVE ABOUT
\h\h\h\hAN INCH HIGH
529
00:39:40,178 --> 00:39:42,247
{\an7}PUSHING TOWARDS THE BACK
\h\h\hOF THE WAVE BASIN.
530
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:46,451
{\an7}YOU’LL SEE THAT THE TRACERS
\h\h\hARE STARTING TO MOVE.
531
00:39:46,618 --> 00:39:47,586
{\an7}Narrator: EVEN THOUGH THE WAVE
532
00:39:47,619 --> 00:39:49,955
{\an7}IS JUST THREE CENTIMETERS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN HEIGHT,
533
00:39:49,988 --> 00:39:54,326
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT REPRESENTS
A THREE-FOOT TSUNAMI.
534
00:39:54,359 --> 00:39:58,296
{\an7}WATER STARTS TO FUNNEL THROUGH
\h\h\h\hTHE GAP AND ACCELERATE.
535
00:40:02,467 --> 00:40:04,769
{\an7}Pat: NOW THE WAVE MAKER
\h\h\h\hIS RETRACTING,
536
00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:06,771
{\an7}IT’S PULLING A DEPRESSION WAVE,
537
00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:09,407
{\an7}THE WATER IS STARTING
\h\h\h\h\hTO REVERSE.
538
00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:11,976
{\an7}Narrator: AT FULL SCALE,
\hTHIS MAN-MADE WHIRLPOOL
539
00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:16,548
{\an7}WOULD MAKE EVEN A THREE-FOOT
\hTSUNAMI POTENTIALLY DEADLY.
540
00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:18,817
{\an7}Pat: YOU CAN SEE THESE
\h\h\h\h\hRADIAL WAVES,
541
00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:22,554
{\an7}TO GIVE YOU ALMOST THAT
\h\h\h\hHURRICANE LOOK.
542
00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:24,189
{\an7}THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT
543
00:40:24,222 --> 00:40:26,858
{\an7}\h\h\hIS TO COMPARE IT TO
THE POWER OF MOVING AIR.
544
00:40:26,891 --> 00:40:30,027
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THE STRONGEST TORNADOES WE HAVE
545
00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:33,031
{\an7}\hWHERE THE AIR MOVES AT
ABOUT 300 MILES PER HOUR,
546
00:40:33,064 --> 00:40:35,066
{\an7}THAT EXERTS A FORCE
\h\hON A BUILDING.
547
00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:37,468
{\an7}WATER MOVING AT JUST
\h\h10 MILES PER HOUR
548
00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:39,170
{\an7}GIVES YOU THE SAME FORCE
\h\h\h\hON THAT BUILDING
549
00:40:39,203 --> 00:40:42,640
{\an7}\h\h\hAS AIR MOVING
300 MILES PER HOUR.
550
00:40:42,674 --> 00:40:44,342
{\an7}WHEN WE FIRST REPLAYED
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE IMAGES,
551
00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:48,779
{\an7}IT DID SURPRISE US AT HOW FAST
\h\h\h\h\hTHE WATER WAS MOVING.
552
00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:51,783
{\an7}\hHOW HIGH THE WATER MOVES
UP AND DOWN IS QUITE SMALL.
553
00:40:51,816 --> 00:40:53,284
{\an7}IT’S EVEN HARD TO SEE.
554
00:40:53,318 --> 00:40:56,588
{\an7}BUT HOW QUICKLY THE WATER MOVES
HORIZONTALLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE
555
00:40:56,621 --> 00:40:59,858
{\an7}IS AMAZING, IT’S VERY ENERGETIC.
556
00:40:59,891 --> 00:41:01,359
{\an7}WHEN YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION,
557
00:41:01,392 --> 00:41:04,595
{\an7}YOU CAN START TO DESIGN AND
DEVELOP HARBORS AND MARINAS
558
00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:06,464
{\an7}THAT ARE RESILIENT,
\hTHAT CAN’T BREAK.
559
00:41:06,497 --> 00:41:10,668
{\an7}\hAND SO THEY START TO BECOME
ACCOMMODATING FOR DISASTERS.
560
00:41:10,702 --> 00:41:12,871
{\an7}\hNarrator: WHILE PORTS AND
HARBORS ARE NOW BETTER ABLE
561
00:41:13,037 --> 00:41:15,873
{\an7}TO PLAN AND PREPARE,
562
00:41:15,907 --> 00:41:18,176
{\an7}\h\hFOR THE POPULATION
OF THE NORTHWEST COAST,
563
00:41:18,209 --> 00:41:20,144
{\an7}THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR.
564
00:41:20,178 --> 00:41:21,246
{\an7}\h\hEddie: IT’S IN
YOUR BEST INTEREST
565
00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:23,248
{\an7}TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES.
566
00:41:23,281 --> 00:41:24,849
{\an7}YOU COULD STICK YOUR HEAD
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE SAND,
567
00:41:24,882 --> 00:41:27,518
{\an7}IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME,
THAT’S, THAT’S ABSOLUTELY TRUE,
568
00:41:27,552 --> 00:41:30,522
{\an7}BUT I THINK YOU OWE IT
TO YOUR FAMILY TO SAY,
569
00:41:30,555 --> 00:41:32,057
{\an7}"WELL, IT’S A POSSIBILITY,
570
00:41:32,090 --> 00:41:35,927
{\an7}MAYBE WE OUGHT TO, WE OUGHT TO
\h\h\h\hPRACTICE AND PREPARE."
571
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,362
{\an7}Narrator: SCIENTISTS CONTINUE
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO RECEIVE ALERTS
572
00:41:38,396 --> 00:41:42,634
{\an7}\h\h\hOF THE PLANET’S
SEISMIC ACTIVITY 24/7
573
00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:46,404
{\an7}\hAND LOOK FOR WAYS OF FASTER
AND MORE ACCURATE FORECASTING
574
00:41:46,437 --> 00:41:48,606
{\an7}OF FUTURE TSUNAMIS.
575
00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:52,643
{\an7}\h\hTODAY A WARNING CAN GO OUT
IN AS LITTLE AS FIVE MINUTES--
576
00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:57,982
{\an7}FIVE TIMES FASTER THAN DURING
\h\h\h\h\hTHE JAPAN TSUNAMI.
577
00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:01,786
{\an7}AND FOR THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH
\h\h\h\h\hTHE DISASTER IN 2004,
578
00:42:01,819 --> 00:42:05,389
{\an7}THEY’LL NEVER FORGET THE WAVE’S
\h\h\h\h\h\hDESTRUCTIVE POWER.
579
00:42:12,063 --> 00:42:14,632
{\an7}IN THE DAYS IMMEDIATELY
\h\hAFTER THE DISASTER,
580
00:42:14,665 --> 00:42:17,101
{\an7}SALLY AND STU BREISCH WERE
\h\h\h\hAMONG THE THOUSANDS
581
00:42:17,135 --> 00:42:21,373
{\an7}LOOKING FOR LOST FRIENDS
\h\h\h\h\hAND RELATIVES.
582
00:42:21,406 --> 00:42:23,675
{\an7}THEY HAD BEEN OUT AT SEA
\hON A SCUBA DIVING TRIP
583
00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:25,476
{\an7}DURING THE TSUNAMI,
584
00:42:25,510 --> 00:42:28,913
{\an7}BUT TWO OF THEIR TEENAGE
\hCHILDREN, JAI AND KALI,
585
00:42:28,946 --> 00:42:32,516
{\an7}WERE IN A BEACH BUNGALOW
\h\h\hWHEN THE WAVE HIT.
586
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:35,520
{\an7}INCREDIBLY, FIVE DAYS AFTER
\h\h\hTHEY WERE SEPARATED,
587
00:42:35,553 --> 00:42:38,823
{\an7}JAI WAS FOUND AT A HOSPITAL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN BANGKOK.
588
00:42:40,391 --> 00:42:43,361
{\an7}BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF KALI.
589
00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:49,400
{\an7}\h\h\hSally: WE KNEW PRETTY MUCH
IN OUR HEARTS THAT SHE WAS GONE.
590
00:42:49,434 --> 00:42:53,471
{\an7}Narrator: FOUR DAYS LATER,
\hKALI, JUST 15 YEARS OLD,
591
00:42:53,504 --> 00:42:56,674
{\an7}WAS IDENTIFIED AMONG
\h\hTHOSE FOUND DEAD.
592
00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:06,050
{\an7}Stu: I JUST REMEMBER HER
AS BEING SO FULL OF LIFE
593
00:43:06,084 --> 00:43:11,756
{\an7}AND JOY AND MISCHIEF.
594
00:43:16,027 --> 00:43:18,396
{\an7}I REALLY, REALLY MISS HER.
595
00:43:20,298 --> 00:43:22,400
{\an7}Narrator: HONEYMOONERS
AMANDA AND WILL ROBINS
596
00:43:22,433 --> 00:43:24,735
{\an7}HAD BEEN SEPARATED BY THE WAVE,
597
00:43:24,769 --> 00:43:28,072
{\an7}WHICH DRAGGED WILL
OUT INTO THE OCEAN.
598
00:43:30,741 --> 00:43:34,011
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWill: IT WAS BANG--
I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN.
599
00:43:34,045 --> 00:43:37,849
{\an7}\hAND I LOOK TO MY RIGHT, AND
THERE’S MY WIFE RIGHT THERE,
600
00:43:37,882 --> 00:43:39,150
{\an7}THREE FEET FROM ME.
601
00:43:39,183 --> 00:43:40,885
{\an7}AND I GRABBED HER ARM,
602
00:43:40,918 --> 00:43:44,422
{\an7}\hAND SHE’S JUST SCREAMING, "I’M
BROKEN, I’M BROKEN, I’M BROKEN."
603
00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:48,292
{\an7}\hAmanda Robins: I DON’T THINK
I TRULY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
604
00:43:48,326 --> 00:43:49,661
{\an7}ALSO BECAUSE YOUR BODY,
605
00:43:49,694 --> 00:43:53,231
{\an7}\h\hYOUR MIND IS JUST
IN A STATE OF SHOCK.
606
00:43:53,264 --> 00:43:54,665
{\an7}Narrator: WHEN A RESCUE BOAT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOUND THEM,
607
00:43:54,699 --> 00:43:59,003
{\an7}WILL AND AMANDA WERE IN NEED
OF URGENT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
608
00:44:00,571 --> 00:44:05,910
{\an7}\h\hWILL’S COLLARBONE WAS BROKEN,
AND HIS EAR WAS ALMOST TORN OFF.
609
00:44:05,943 --> 00:44:08,712
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT AMANDA FEARED
SHE COULD BE PARALYZED--
610
00:44:08,746 --> 00:44:12,149
{\an7}HER PELVIS WAS SHATTERED.
611
00:44:12,183 --> 00:44:16,421
{\an7}Amanda: YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO DO TO SURVIVE.
612
00:44:19,023 --> 00:44:24,795
{\an7}I THINK WILL DID AN AMAZING JOB
OF MAKING SURE THAT WE SURVIVED
613
00:44:24,829 --> 00:44:27,965
{\an7}AND DID IT TOGETHER.
614
00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:30,468
{\an7}Will: IT DEFINITELY CHANGED
\h\h\hMY LIFE, COMPLETELY.
615
00:44:30,501 --> 00:44:32,703
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND I HAVE MY WIFE
AND MY WONDERFUL DAUGHTER,
616
00:44:32,737 --> 00:44:37,308
{\an7}AND IT’S GIVEN ME A PERSPECTIVE.
617
00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:40,010
{\an7}Amanda: WE WERE YOUNG.
\hWE WERE JUST MARRIED.
618
00:44:40,044 --> 00:44:42,313
{\an7}YOU TAKE A LOT OF THINGS
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR GRANTED.
619
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:47,618
{\an7}AND YOU’RE JUST NOT ABLE
\h\h\hTO DO THAT ANYMORE.
620
00:44:47,718 --> 00:44:49,420
{\an7}YOU JUST CAN’T. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.
621
00:44:49,453 --> 00:44:52,356
{\an7}\hBECAUSE YOU KNOW
HOW MUCH WAS LOST.
622
00:44:59,197 --> 00:45:01,700
{\an7}Jai: I WOULD SAY IT TOOK
\h\h10 YEARS TO RECOVER.
623
00:45:01,732 --> 00:45:04,768
{\an7}I MEAN, TO GET BACK ON TRACK,
624
00:45:04,802 --> 00:45:06,937
{\an7}TO GO THROUGH THE GRIEF
\h\h\h\h\hAND THE LOSS
625
00:45:06,971 --> 00:45:11,275
{\an7}AND TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DEAL
\h\h\h\hWITH THE CHRONIC PAIN.
626
00:45:11,309 --> 00:45:14,045
{\an7}Dwayne: IT STILL AFFECTS ME
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THIS DAY.
627
00:45:14,078 --> 00:45:16,714
{\an7}BEYOND PROCESSING THE TRAUMA
628
00:45:16,747 --> 00:45:23,787
{\an7}\hIS SORT OF REANALYZING
YOUR PRIORITIES IN LIFE.
629
00:45:23,821 --> 00:45:25,089
{\an7}Narrator: DWAYNE RETURNED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THAILAND
630
00:45:25,122 --> 00:45:27,758
{\an7}TO HELP SOME COMMUNITIES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREBUILD.
631
00:45:33,464 --> 00:45:37,902
{\an7}Sally: THIS KIND OF THING CAN
HAPPEN AT ANY TIME, ANYWHERE.
632
00:45:37,935 --> 00:45:39,503
{\an7}Will: IT WAS A HARD ROAD,
\h\h\hAND IT WAS PAINFUL,
633
00:45:39,537 --> 00:45:41,873
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT WE GOT TO,
WE GOT TO DO IT TOGETHER,
634
00:45:41,906 --> 00:45:44,175
{\an7}AND WE GOT TO SURVIVE, SO.
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