The Tsunami

I had a dream on Friday that New York was slowly filling with water, likely spawned by the recent increase in environmental media coverage and somewhat alarming predictions from respected sources. What I found to be most frightening was the inevitability of it - the water will keep rising - it was a very slow process that made me (in the dream), continually re-evaluate what seemed safe - how high would you need to go? As the city filled, what would happen to its population? Frightening thoughts - I got over it though, and eventually began imagining the very real experience that millions of people had when the Tsunami hit on December 26th, 2004. I think we've all seen a lot of footage from that event - home videos, aerial flyovers, and before and after comparison photos were all part of the incessant coverage.

With that in mind, I'm not sure that many people saw the footage that Discovery eventually aired and placed into sequence. The whole thing is about 15 minutes long, so I divided it up into two parts. I won't say "enjoy" because it's all pretty awful.

Part 1


Part 2


Imagine the forces required to lift the ocean that caused that event.