5 Biggest Tsunami Waves in History

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  • @ShortsTrendingShorts
    @ShortsTrendingShorts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4946

    Literally to the 1% who's reading this, God bless you, and may your dreams come true, stay safe and have a wonderful day.

    • @barrronessa
      @barrronessa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      love you

    • @Puppydoer
      @Puppydoer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Thank you and stay Blessed too.

    • @hi-fx7ku
      @hi-fx7ku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Ty and same to u!

    • @SportsCity982
      @SportsCity982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      cool

    • @angeltexas3208
      @angeltexas3208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And to you as well 🙏🙏

  • @jaykriss724
    @jaykriss724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2494

    It’s crazy how water is vital to all sorts of life but is also the most destructive element and can wipe out anything

    • @neonbunno1136
      @neonbunno1136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Ikr! The fact that I’m now scared to go to the lake, and the beach that is far from us. Us living in the middle of Texas, I got scared thinking of one ever occurred we’d be swept away in out sleep, just to wake up looking at our dead body.

    • @wittallen4288
      @wittallen4288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      look what's carved into the tree at 7:47. Freakyy

    • @neilfender8592
      @neilfender8592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      water is so powerful you can drown on 1 or 2 sips of water

    • @cryo9216
      @cryo9216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🙄 That's true of nearly everything in existence.

    • @thewr0ngchild
      @thewr0ngchild 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Everything on Earth relies on water. Everything starts with water, the saying 'just add water' applies to all life on Earth. If we bring moon dust back to Earth, and add water, plants grow in it. Water is the main one, life can evolve to breath atmospheres other than oxygen rich, life in the case of many Troglobites, which have evolved and adapted to breathe the different gasses in the cave, so oxygen may not be SO important. Oxygen can vary in atmospheres capable of supporting life, but without H20, not a lot seems possible. Maybe aliens will prove otherwise, we shall have to see about that if they're ever brave enough to visit us.

  • @Human10-
    @Human10- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1163

    Me at 3am: I should probably get some sleep
    My brain at 3am: I wonder what the biggest tsunami looks like

  • @1uxurynxde
    @1uxurynxde 2 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    tsunami’s are one of my biggest fears, especially since i freak out when i go underwater. i think it would be terrifying to see a giant wall of water coming straight for you.

    • @halColombo
      @halColombo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah totally. Walls of water sound scares me. 🌊🤦

    • @dragonkingkj
      @dragonkingkj ปีที่แล้ว

      @@halColombo if it was a tsunami yea😂😂

    • @user-mk5vj5bf3j
      @user-mk5vj5bf3j 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I surf and when there are really big sets of waves coming it can make you drop your heart in to your legs

    • @jenniferduross1631
      @jenniferduross1631 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too!!!

    • @florencephiri
      @florencephiri 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      im scaredof tsunamis too but i think that they are interesting I love the ocean😃😮‍💨

  • @CraftySouthpaw
    @CraftySouthpaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5490

    Amazingly, two people (a father and son who were out fishing that day) survived the last tsunami by riding the top of it.

    • @NshbrVrjsn
      @NshbrVrjsn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +297

      yes they somehow survived!

    • @puppyforall3811
      @puppyforall3811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Cool

    • @carlosa7598
      @carlosa7598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Reminds me of the perfect storm😅

    • @Fiyera
      @Fiyera 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      @@markalexisguavez953 What movie? This was an event that actually happened and a father and son really did survive.

    • @edwardfitzhugh7547
      @edwardfitzhugh7547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      Yes, a father and son really did do that. I remember watching a documentary on it. This rare event is known as “mega tsunami.” Taller than a sky scraper

  • @NinjaGod0_0
    @NinjaGod0_0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +812

    The ocean is honestly terrifying. Not only the things in it but the way it can easily take you away. Whether that be riptide, tsunamis, or just drowning, the ocean is nothing to just act casually around.

    • @BJETNT
      @BJETNT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      At least you didn't say megalodon like half of the idiots I run into lol. I agree the ocean is pretty scary but we can't live without it. And if you think about it we never would have been born without it either.

    • @barnacleboi2595
      @barnacleboi2595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I believe all things in existance can exist because they have a yin and a yang attached to them. The ocean is the bringer of life, but you better never make the mistake of disrespecting it once because it is a notoriously unforgiving giver lol

    • @itzrayha2621
      @itzrayha2621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don’t forget the animals😓Australia be good at remembering that lol

    • @TheRealRedAce
      @TheRealRedAce 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The same could be said of many things, eg. The Sun.

    • @TheRealRedAce
      @TheRealRedAce 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@itzrayha2621 Then why didn't everybody die 500 years ago? No Sun flare has killed life on Earth in the billions of years of life's existence.

  • @Meower28
    @Meower28 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    where are my 3am natural disaster video lads at eh ???

    • @jeffgrimes481
      @jeffgrimes481 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Lol 430am here

    • @racestripe8832
      @racestripe8832 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      😂😂right here

    • @rap1d479
      @rap1d479 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Here

    • @b_____6033
      @b_____6033 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Hahaha yup

  • @meganellis9386
    @meganellis9386 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    My grandmother is in her mid 70s, and I honestly think she has ptsd when it came to mount rainier erupting. She was working for Weyerhaeuser, she Worked a lot with what was going on with the mountain/volcano. After it erupted she refused to ever live in the valleys near it again. She made us move up into the mountains, in case something similar happened again.

    • @clockworkNate
      @clockworkNate ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well then your grandma is one of the rare intelligent people that decided to not to continue living near a damn active volcano after it erupted.... like seriously I'll never understand how people continually act shocked that an active volcano they live directly by has erupted yet again and destroyed yet again. Like just move a bit futher away people!!

    • @johncoates1222
      @johncoates1222 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Are you referring to mount st. helens? I don't recall Rainier erupting.

    • @aronkerr
      @aronkerr 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, it must be St. Helens. I've lived in the area my entire life (5th generation in the area) and never heard a story of Rainier erupting.

    • @TheMarychinoCherry
      @TheMarychinoCherry 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Rainer erupting would be worse than St. Helens

  • @O-OKiyoko
    @O-OKiyoko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +793

    As A Japanese person who has been living In Hokkaido my entire Life, the amount of fear in my soul watching this is terrifying

    • @RinIsLazy
      @RinIsLazy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      My cousin lives in Hokkaido and he begs his parents to go to somewhere else

    • @vicha4060
      @vicha4060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      good job deez nuts

    • @SatoruPlayz45471
      @SatoruPlayz45471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      God is protecting all of us dont worry

    • @Alex-vx5lk
      @Alex-vx5lk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@SatoruPlayz45471 ….I believe in god but don’t believe he would save everyone

    • @filipinorobloxian8862
      @filipinorobloxian8862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Alex-vx5lk surely he would.

  • @randomvids3277
    @randomvids3277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +640

    Tsunamis are my worst fear, even though I dont live in a state with tunamis and oceans, it's still my fear. Basically water is my fear.

    • @War-cp9bf
      @War-cp9bf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Mine is similar i don't like going underwater because I'm scared of drowning like I would never be in a submarine because if it sinks I would drown and if I exit it submerged I will die from presser.

    • @FrostyTheOne_
      @FrostyTheOne_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Oceans really scare me I mean they are so vast and huge and deep you can't even see the bottom through the dark blueish water

    • @milliedelaney78
      @milliedelaney78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      me to

    • @simply2579
      @simply2579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thalassaphobia?

    • @randomvids3277
      @randomvids3277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@simply2579 tsunamiphobia (Fear of tsunamis) Aquaphobia (fear of water) but that too.

  • @teptime
    @teptime 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Around 10,000 years ago, a landslide caused a submerged shelf to break at Lake Tahoe. The water sloshed back and forth for several days, with waves more than 300 feet tall.

  • @brutalplanet1708
    @brutalplanet1708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The Tsunami is my biggest fear. The scene in Interstellar nearly made my knees buckle. I'm not afraid of heights in the least, in fact, I'm a roofer. But if I stand next to something HUGE, it makes me so uncomfortable I cant move. The Tsunami is just.....terrifying.

    • @TheSoulOfhisViolin2
      @TheSoulOfhisViolin2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The terrifying bit is that we all know how powerful waves are even the small ones. These are just like a ton of bricks crashing you... Brrrr

    • @TheDestroyer-War-Robots-Gaming
      @TheDestroyer-War-Robots-Gaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I actually thought of interstellar too!😂

  • @JLDB1987
    @JLDB1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1513

    In that 1700’ tsunami, a man and his son out fishing actually survived it by riding it all the way to the top and over as it passed!

    • @nikkaboo1106
      @nikkaboo1106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      That was the tsunami in Alaska in 1958. Two or three boats rode the wave and only one of those boats and their occupants didn’t make it when the boat capsized.

    • @nosohurawhtonga6121
      @nosohurawhtonga6121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yes i did see this on a doco. A while back . Theres boats were tossed in to trees. Pretty crazy.

    • @joannemadden7449
      @joannemadden7449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      No, that was the tsunami in the 1950's. It was a Man and His Son on their boat

    • @samitier3a973
      @samitier3a973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wow amazing!
      They are very lucky.
      And yes i am very glad his son also survived

    • @NaterTateR68
      @NaterTateR68 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s amazing

  • @MartinsGarage97
    @MartinsGarage97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +973

    Many, many years ago, I remember reading a similar thing happened in Alaska as well. It was a inland bay, and a huge slide happened. There was a father and son fishing right there, they knew it was the end. To there surprise, the tsunami pick them up and carried them. They came to rest on top of the trees. If you have seen Alaska, the trees aren't small.

    • @Inge.Borthne
      @Inge.Borthne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I saw a documentary about it on youtube.
      I think it was National Geographic that made it.
      Quite impressive stuff.

    • @jaquigreenlees
      @jaquigreenlees 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      That was the Lituya bay Tsunami in the number 1 spot of the video.
      3 boats anchored in the bay, 2 survived one didn't.

    • @luvlethr
      @luvlethr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yes, that was the Lituya Bay mega tsunami mentioned about, 1958.

    • @KD-kl4sx
      @KD-kl4sx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They didn’t land “in the trees” you made that up, Wikipedia it and amend your comment

    • @rogbass
      @rogbass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No this is not fact.

  • @celisairlines4214
    @celisairlines4214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Man at some point in time in the 60s in Alaska, I can only imagine seeing a wave 1720 feet high. Thats gotta be the scariest thing anyones ever seen, or will ever see. 5 people who were unlucky enough had to see it and get crushed by it. So sad but just goes to show how powerful the ocean really is. 🤯😪

  • @stevenrogan3675
    @stevenrogan3675 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The Lituya bay tsunami is always incorrectly reported as the highest wave ever. The 1,720 feet wave was not a wave, it was a splash. Yes, it was a huge splash but the actual wave that went down the bay was closer to 100 feet high.

    • @Baba_Yaga_87
      @Baba_Yaga_87 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Finally somebody who actually did there research😊

  • @tyralynch3738
    @tyralynch3738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    I can't imagine being in a tsunami that must be horrible. Good thing I live where it doesn't have natural disasters like that
    Edit: I've never got this many likes or replies before thanks 😊

    • @sattwiksudarshan887
      @sattwiksudarshan887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      When I was in Indonesia a tusami happened far away and earthquake happened when I was in hotel with my parents. You won’t believe what happened. We where in another hotel then a very good but then in the last day when I took a picture in balcony. Later in the plane I saw a volcano 🌋 ! I was like R.I.P.

    • @Taylor_urgurlcy
      @Taylor_urgurlcy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too there has never been a tsunami 🌊

    • @duck6267
      @duck6267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tyralynch3738 you know he’s joking right

    • @robloxibros6169
      @robloxibros6169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too

    • @Jacketshoes772
      @Jacketshoes772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

  • @falco5429
    @falco5429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +590

    How to survive:
    Be a camera man

    • @mirimalo5859
      @mirimalo5859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      haha

    • @aqivamendoza4073
      @aqivamendoza4073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just apply to become camera man

    • @piccolinatremenda73
      @piccolinatremenda73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s funni

    • @BlackerBG
      @BlackerBG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ._. Why this message same as the video 'how to survive a horror film' on how to survive channel lololol bruh

    • @naveenaj1703
      @naveenaj1703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol

  • @jojolords4523
    @jojolords4523 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    For the first one, the Asteroide has caused a 5km high wave (according to other sources and also way more realistic than just 100m).

  • @ILoveHunterxHunter
    @ILoveHunterxHunter ปีที่แล้ว +9

    me who lives near a beach 💀

  • @40below1000
    @40below1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    I live in a tsunami zone in BC in a town tsunami-free for 70 years now, and tsunamis are by a whole order of magnitude the least-survivable natural disaster if you find yourself in one. Lots of people can tell you about surviving a massive earthquake or volcanic eruption or Cat-5 storm. Absolutely nobody has ever swam their way out of a sudden river full of cars, trees and entire neighbourhoods to talk about it.

    • @WindTurbineSyndrome
      @WindTurbineSyndrome 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It's rare but some have. Stories in Japan 2011 tsunami washed people away. One carried to sea on a roof lived. A hotel owner in Japan caught up near high ground was swept toward a high building with patio she was able to get to surface of water and scramble over floating cars. But 99% of time if people are caught up in the wave of water they drown or are crushed. Terrible

    • @KatLiiinnn
      @KatLiiinnn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi from the South Island! Thankfully where I am we’re fairly protected by Washington (not impossible but considered low risk) but every time I drive out to the true west coast (Port Renfrew, Tofino, Uculet etc) the thought of a tsunami and how devastating it would be on those communities always crosses my mind

    • @tmichaelthrose5634
      @tmichaelthrose5634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It would be unlikely but some people have been caught up in it and lived. Not directly hit by the wave but the flow after (or something similar, being in a huge rushing flow of water carrying trees and rocks and whatnot)
      I watched a video on Mt St Helen eruption, this couple got caught in the water/mud flow holding onto trees, I think the wife’s hand got crushed by one. Very very lucky they survived

    • @tmichaelthrose5634
      @tmichaelthrose5634 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ^after part of the mountain collapses into the lake

    • @chriswilliams9343
      @chriswilliams9343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Born in Port Alberni, survived tsunami 😎

  • @Timmothy_plays
    @Timmothy_plays 2 ปีที่แล้ว +590

    The scary thing about Tsunami's are the fact that they not just a 'Wave' of water, it's not just a 'Wall' of water, a Tsunami is the sudden displacement a large volume of water before it settles,.... A landslide falls into a lake? that water has to go somewhere, And when an Earthquake occurs, one tectonic plate rises, and that's alot of water that's being pushed SOMEWHERE.

    • @iva1329
      @iva1329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Eric Rerrud11 hmm I think you're right tornadoes are scary very scary.

    • @biglipt3776
      @biglipt3776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @Eric Rerrud11 I'd say a super volcano erupting is the scariest personally, it would fuck with the weather if it's one near an ocean guaranteed tsunamis aswell, in my opinion they're the worst natural thing other then something coming from space and hitting earth

    • @biglipt3776
      @biglipt3776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Eric Rerrud11 yeah big ass asteroids are worse I agree but I said at the bottom apart from anything from space, I'm sure I read somewhere that when that asteroid that wiped the dinos out also caused volcanoes and super volcanoes to erupt too, which causes tsunamis, some knock on affect a big asteroid would have for sure

    • @jillianecalistavillanueva4459
      @jillianecalistavillanueva4459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No its a 20 earth quake and later a 2500 feet tsunami

    • @katp4397
      @katp4397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh hell there you are again lol, I remember seeing you in another video comment section

  • @greggusan
    @greggusan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I was a little surprised by this list. I didn't realize the tsunami created by the chicxulub impact to be *just* 100m high (I seem to recall older guesses put it at 1000-3000m). I also recall learning somewhere that the Mediterranean Sea (and perhaps the Black Sea) were created or expanded greatly when a natural barrier failed and caused a waterfall I can only imagine. Would this not have created a type of mega tsunami? Or when melting glacial ice released massive lakes of previous accumulated melt water during the ice age? I've hear that the an Azores landslide will possibly cause a devastating mega tsunami. Frightening as hell, but also so damn interesting.

    • @stevenrogan3675
      @stevenrogan3675 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The asteroid tsunami was quite small in reality as the depth of the ocean it collided with was quite shallow. A tsunami can only be as high as the depth of water it is created in.

    • @suburbanhobbyist2752
      @suburbanhobbyist2752 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@stevenrogan3675 The tsunami from that event is estimated to be over 1500 meters in height. The video is wrong.

    • @Randomperson0467
      @Randomperson0467 ปีที่แล้ว

      it was spoken into existence

    • @bmack7762
      @bmack7762 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's all hypothetical

    • @MaDFroG88
      @MaDFroG88 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@suburbanhobbyist2752mhm I think so too

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    All these waves makes me realize I need to learn how to surf 🏄🏿‍♂ Great video👍👍

  • @solusemsu7957
    @solusemsu7957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +878

    "If there is one natural disaster no one wants to experience, it would have to be a tsunami."
    Oh wow. He is so right. I actually want experience earthquakes, tornadoes, volcano eruptions, and hurricanes, but not tsunamis. How did he know?

  • @seviren
    @seviren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +383

    I knew these would be legends, but I still had hope I'd see actual footage... lol

    • @billbixby557
      @billbixby557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Not legends...legends are basically old tall tales, no pun intended.
      These events actually occured, albeit before the tech revolution we live in today.

    • @Dr.Rabbit7346
      @Dr.Rabbit7346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      There is only a handful of people have seen a wave the size of a skyscraper and it was a an actual tsunami but there is no footage. Just there testimony.

    • @crunchypastries713
      @crunchypastries713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/jlbRSPvIUms/w-d-xo.html actual footage of tsunami i experienced

    • @Picks_Productions
      @Picks_Productions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And just like that the video was stopped lol

    • @aakash3402
      @aakash3402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@crunchypastries713 bruh u frickin lier that is no video about a tsunami

  • @ericjohnson5969
    @ericjohnson5969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The megatsunami that resulted from the collapse of the volcano on the eastern part of Molokai is believe to have been 2,000 or so feet high.
    I'm not positive, but I think that there are a couple of potential megatsunami's in Hawaii -- one in Maui and one in Oahu.

    • @apachehelicopter9032
      @apachehelicopter9032 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's a potential in the Canary Islands as well which would wipe the eastern seaboard of America off the map

  • @bushwackcreek
    @bushwackcreek ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In 1977-78 I was serving aboard the USCGC Planetree homeported in Juneau, Alaska. Twice, we made the trip to Kodiak where the marks of the 1964 Tsunami were recorded on the buildings. We passed Lituya Bay once on a rescue mission and anchored save out of the storm in Icy Bay near the Columbia Glacier. The sailboat Aires, which we had rescued was tied up on our starboard side aned her crew recovering from hypothermia, enjoying what hospitality we could give. Lituya Bay was well-known to us and definitely not a place to anchor or tarry. The Tlingit Tribe recorded the rumblings and devastation wrought there many centuries before any white folks arrived. There was a story that there were several fishing trawlers anchored the night of the big wave. Only one made it out of the bay that night, surfing a 200 foot wave over the spit of land that covers the seaward side of the bay.

  • @carlosa7598
    @carlosa7598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Operation Tomodachi "Friend" was held here in Japan back in March 2011 just North of Tokyo, i was there helping out with my US Navy counterparts. It was one of the worst things I have ever seen. It broke my heart and even tried to hold my tears as ive seen even 5yr olds crying for their losts parents/siblings. Even until now, it was said that these types of tsunamis occur once every 200yrs. As of now, even seawalls are being constructed as high as 5 meters in some areas. Recovery takes years however, in some cases the spirits of some people continues to grow. Stay safe out there everyone. Hello from Saga, Japan.🙏🗾😊

    • @melissapyle7879
      @melissapyle7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thx for sharing.. i cant imagine the devastation u witnessed.. such a terrible thing to happen..

    • @xXanimeluver15Xx
      @xXanimeluver15Xx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We were living in Misawa back when that happened. Luckily we were far enough inland that the wave that hit us didn't reach, but those closer to the coast weren't so lucky. After we found out what happened we would go out every day and drive around until we found someone that needed help. We'd help people try to salvage things from their homes if possible, clear out debris... it was crazy how much was destroyed, and that's not even talking about what you'd see once they started trips down to Sendai and surrounding areas.

    • @chamo2240
      @chamo2240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ...15 foot seawalls aren't going to stop something like that...

    • @mikansings5790
      @mikansings5790 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes, i was living in the i guess u could say 'state' next to the state where it started. I was still tiny and my family had to evacuate to australia for like 6 months. i don't remember it cuz i was young but even then, im traumatised of what i heared.

  • @jakealter5504
    @jakealter5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Mega tsunami’s can also be created by massive volcanic eruptions. Krakatoa, Santorini, and Mount Saint Helens all created mega tsunamis during eruptions

    • @NickYngveSamios
      @NickYngveSamios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Santorini's tsunami went over Crete, literally over it and settled on Egypt's shores.

    • @catwilliams7538
      @catwilliams7538 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Came here to discuss the explosion of the Island of Thera (Santorini) and the wall of water that all but wiped out the Minoans on Crete and sent a wall of water that they believe was taller than the Empire State Building to Greece.

    • @jakealter5504
      @jakealter5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@catwilliams7538 it didn’t wipe them out immediately but it basically set the downfall of the Minoan’s in motion since they were conquered a few decades after the eruption

    • @jakealter5504
      @jakealter5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NickYngveSamios it was definitely one of the larger mega tsunamis to be triggered by a massive eruption

    • @NickYngveSamios
      @NickYngveSamios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jakealter5504 yeah one can only imagine how terrifying it should have been for Cretans to see a massive wall of water coming towards them and I don't even mention the speed the wave must have had.

  • @Nick-bk7es
    @Nick-bk7es 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine looking up and seeing a 1750 foot wave of death coming your way.

  • @Phobero
    @Phobero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:40 - You're conflating two disasters into one:
    the Morandi bridge was not a hydroelectric dam, it was a viaduct.
    The dam where the inland tsunami happened is called Vajont.

  • @catwilliams7538
    @catwilliams7538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Ancient Historian here. You should discuss the explosion of the Island of Thera (Santorini) and the wall of water that all but wiped out the Minoans on Crete and sent a wall of water that they believe was taller than the Empire State Building to Greece around 1600 BCE.

    • @BJETNT
      @BJETNT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most people don't know that even existed so they don't know to discuss it. I would like to see some information on that too. They think the Santorini volcano might have even caused some of the natural disasters talked about on The Exodus in the Bible.

    • @johnlane2395
      @johnlane2395 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BJETNT Exodus was not real, watch biblical scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou explain in detail.

    • @intanbaharuddin2703
      @intanbaharuddin2703 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup... that was a monster tsunami alright but, no measurements aeon ago just, a legend as a record.
      I believe the Lost City of Atlantis sunk prior to that catastrophe.

  • @shafgamer6956
    @shafgamer6956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I don't want to imagine a tsunami like the size of Mount everest coming at me

    • @razuirl
      @razuirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      who Doesn't?

    • @ticktick1981
      @ticktick1981 ปีที่แล้ว

      It would be a quick death lol

    • @pacifist1360
      @pacifist1360 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The 1958 Lituya Bay Megatsunami reached 1,720 feet in height which is taller than any other tsunami in recorded history. It was incredibly tall, about 17 times the height of the Nazare waves, the tallest waves in the world, about 12 times the height of Statue of Liberty, 10 times taller than the Niagara Falls, several hundred feet taller than the Empire State Building, taller than the Willis Tower and almost the height of One World Trade Center, just 56 feet shy. But even the tallest megatsunami that ever existed, which was known to have wiped out the dinosaurs, resulting from the Chicxulub impact crater, was significantly lower than Mount Everest. The original impact wave was about 1,500 meters (4,921 feet), almost a mile tall, traveled dozens of miles inland. Mount Everest is 8,848 meters (29,032 feet) tall, being the tallest mountain in the world, and the Himalayas extend for about 1,550 miles in Asia. Now the asteroid responsible for killing the dinosaurs, and also 90% of all the world's species at that time, was almost the size of Mount Everest. Mount Everest extends for about 12.74 miles in total from the Everest base camp to the summit. The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was anywhere from 6 to 10 miles wide, which generated the destruction of 10 billion Hiroshima bombs! So it created far more damage than just the tsunamis. Yep, I would never want to see something like that coming at us during our lifetime. Even a 1,720 foot megatsunami, would prefer not to see that. Even a 100 foot Nazare wave, not looking forward to seeing that either, only observe from a safe distance, but coming anywhere close to it, hell no.

  • @hanaachajraoui4020
    @hanaachajraoui4020 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The experience that I wouldn't wanna experience is a whirlpool and a tsunami lmao

  • @AARONANKRUM
    @AARONANKRUM ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Similar to Latuya Bay and the Japanese landslide induced incidents, there are several incidents document in the Hawaii'an Islands due to volcanic island collapses and of course the Krakota island near obliteration during a volcanic eruption that rose over 100 meters.

  • @katherineuribe2952
    @katherineuribe2952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I lived in Pasadena, California at the time of the Mt. St. Helen's eruption. There was ash on everyone's houses and cars for days. It's just over 1000 miles distant.

    • @billminyard2846
      @billminyard2846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was living in LaMirada. You speak facts!

    • @ronvosick8253
      @ronvosick8253 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I lived in Ohio..it finally made it there.

    • @katherineuribe2952
      @katherineuribe2952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ronvosick8253 Wow! I remember that it was all over the news, as well as our cars and houses.😁
      Seriously, though, it was a very serious natural disaster. I always think about the photographer that died up on the mountain. He knew he was going to die and there was nothing he could do about it. The loss of life was staggering from the natural world: trees in the millions and every kind of woodland creature in their hundreds of thousands. But this is nature's way.
      Take care, my friend.

    • @katherineuribe2952
      @katherineuribe2952 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@billminyard2846 It was mind-blowing. I guess the ash ended up going around the world, visibly about half way. Now, the trees and animal life has recovered but I remember that blown out mountain and millions of leveled and charred trees. I know hundreds of thousands of animals died. So sad. And there were human casualties. I remember the man who was up there documenting what was happening, taking photographs. His camera was the only thing that survived, may he rest in peace. The most chilling thing was when it erupted, he knew he was going to die and there was nothing he can do about it. Natural disasters put it in perspective.
      Take care, my friend!

    • @bluewaters3100
      @bluewaters3100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should have seen the highway going to Moses Lake. The ash was as tall as me.

  • @jonathanvillegasvilches2298
    @jonathanvillegasvilches2298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Watching this brings me back to the day I lost one of my childhood friends. The last memory I have was when I went to a youth program that use to be next to the hospital in my hometown. I remember seeing my friend sitting there with his legs up on the table & a few other acquaintances. He offered hot Cheetos but, I didn't spend much time hanging out throughout my middle school years. I think it was during my middle school years or high school when I saw that in the newspaper that he and his father or brother died in a boat accident. For me, it's hard to talk about those I've lost. I still tear up and have holes in my heart. I don't enjoy talking about these things because it hurts talking about them. At times it may seem unkind, but it's common to be that way because losing someone you loved isn't easy and we tend to avoid that emptiness.

    • @epicgamer3212
      @epicgamer3212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Im sorry for your loss😪

    • @jacksonlocke1332
      @jacksonlocke1332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We all have to go through loss. Wether it's a family member or a best friend. Your not alone.

  • @user-bn6kh4pt6t
    @user-bn6kh4pt6t 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is a massive mistake in this video - how has it not shown up in the comments yet?! (#2 - 6:40) "...including the building of Genoa's fateful Morandi Bridge, which was a hydroelectric dam..." (???) - Mmm don't think so - it was a bridge (which collapsed in 2018, killing dozens). The dam in the video is the Vajont Dam, the construction of which and subsequent landslide occurring in 1963 as depicted. Either I'm missing something, or some audio editing needs doing!

  • @tanishamoore9393
    @tanishamoore9393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Am I the only one that finds natural disasters w bodies of water dangerously powerful, yet beautiful at the same time? 😍🌊

  • @Haftergohn
    @Haftergohn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    ngl I'd be pissed if my sandcastle was destroyed by it...

    • @user-kv4yo4gp2r
      @user-kv4yo4gp2r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      i cant😂😂

    • @heysal230
      @heysal230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      BRO 😭

    • @Thejuicebox.
      @Thejuicebox. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      LMFAO

    • @ljlong9919
      @ljlong9919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’d be the camera man and be pain and push it all away

    • @jellyfiddle5290
      @jellyfiddle5290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Once a girl kicked down my sand castle then when she was near water she got stung by a jelly fish washed up fell into water and drowned '-' 🤗

  • @dolfinn9289
    @dolfinn9289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This explains why I’m never living near the ocean

    • @taliarose2784
      @taliarose2784 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Come to Australia water and low tsunami risk :)

    • @TZ808beats
      @TZ808beats 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imagine living in hawaii

    • @Louisechristensen517
      @Louisechristensen517 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go to Australia

    • @raptorzeraora2632
      @raptorzeraora2632 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@taliarose2784 on top of that, its the place where you can survive anything...

    • @poonaford9788
      @poonaford9788 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@taliarose2784 s n a k e s

  • @franzvanjulio5523
    @franzvanjulio5523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can’t imagine a wave 330 feet high coming towards me. Nearly the height of St. Peter’s Cathedral.

  • @MarthaChandler-ux1uc
    @MarthaChandler-ux1uc 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It makes me scared but also interesting how HUGE the waves are!🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

  • @xpookybubx344
    @xpookybubx344 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Craziest thing is I wanted to be a volcanologist as a kid and even grew up fascinated with tornados and volcanos able to recite some of the more lesser know catastrophic volcanic events. Mt. St. Helens was obviously widely known and I knew more details on it's eruption as a kid than most average joes... but only recently did I learn it caused a massive tsunami which makes no sense. I guess because of how special the side of the mountain collapsing and the intense pyroclastic flow and the aftermath. Love learning new stuff and I'm 34 now.

    • @tamlong9615
      @tamlong9615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      did you know that there are solar tornadoes on the sun and Jupiter,s great big red spot is a kind of tornado on jupiter

    • @ragnarfbclips4458
      @ragnarfbclips4458 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you still like volcanoes now.. i recommend traveling to iceland.

  • @kamikazebider6160
    @kamikazebider6160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    On the last one... interesting fact two fishermen were taken by the gigantic wave and actually were transport by it and did survive ! Must had been frightenning as hell

  • @amandaduckett3093
    @amandaduckett3093 ปีที่แล้ว

    The eruption of mt.st helens was heard all the way in the lower mainland of BC. My dad vividly remembers hearing the boom, and it shook all the windows in the house, all the way in Langley BC. Of course no one had any idea what it was until they heard the news later

  • @ericholland-cr1nt
    @ericholland-cr1nt วันที่ผ่านมา

    I cant even imagine a 1750 ft wave that's so insane

  • @S.E.C-R
    @S.E.C-R 2 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    I never knew that the water from Spirit Lake when St Helen’s blew was considered an inland tsunami. I’ve lived an hour away my whole life and have never heard it referred to as an inland tsunami. Interesting…

    • @CharitysClarity
      @CharitysClarity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Interesting I’ve never heard about that either an I have close family there we’ve been discussing la pama an all the years we heard about the possibility of a mega tsunami if the island fell etc. and they mentioned mt st helens but nothing about tsunami there an then j see your comment , so so odd lol 😂 thank everyone

    • @jasonburrell3508
      @jasonburrell3508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've always been interested in Mount St Helens.

    • @jakealter5504
      @jakealter5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CharitysClarity they can happen in any body of water that is large enough

    • @Blazeww
      @Blazeww 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@CharitysClarity
      Should they have to say it since people know that St Helens displaced the lake with a landslide. As there are things like La Pama where its confirmed that a landslide caused a tsunami before and most likely will again.

    • @Blazeww
      @Blazeww 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There was also that 1000 foot tsunami in an inland lake at one point.
      Lituya Bay, Alaska, July 9, 1958
      Its over 1,700-foot wave was the largest ever recorded for a tsunami. It inundated five square miles of land and cleared hundreds of thousands of trees. Remarkably, only two fatalities occurred.

  • @MartinsGarage97
    @MartinsGarage97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Last time I saw spirit lake, it was full.of burned logs. You couldn't even see the water.

  • @icarusbinns3156
    @icarusbinns3156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was really hoping you’d at least mention Japan’s “Orphan Tsunami” which I think was the inspiration of The Great Wave woodcut. That particular tsunami has always been a rather macabre fascination of mine…

  • @HollowM0th
    @HollowM0th ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With tsunamis, almost drowning twice, and subnautica, I still have no idea how I don’t have thalassophobia

  • @royalpinkieyt1641
    @royalpinkieyt1641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I am extremely scared of tsunamis and I always worry about them even if I don’t live near oceans or any body of water, because of that when we have to ride the car I always think that the dark clouds from afar are tsunamis and waters will wave through buildings, but now I recovered from thinking negative, I am not scared nor worried anymore!

    • @snowyplaysyt280
      @snowyplaysyt280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SAME GURL

    • @pryt0n180
      @pryt0n180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      same but my country rarely gets tsunamis

    • @hawarlawa8656
      @hawarlawa8656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same but I still am worried

    • @mikamika8962
      @mikamika8962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SAMEE

    • @kayleeberry4104
      @kayleeberry4104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have phobia of the rain and even tsunamis😭😭

  • @pamelahomeyer748
    @pamelahomeyer748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The mountain is known as the walking mountain of Italy and no one should have built a dam there

  • @phoenixlight1111
    @phoenixlight1111 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I lived in Tacoma, Wa. when Mt. St. Helen's blew. First we watched a massive mushroom cloud form, then it rained ash all over everything in sight. We had nearly an inch of ash covering us, tree branches looked like they had been snowed on but it was gray ash. We were kids and we collected it and tried to sell it, along with lava rocks. That dust was around for a long time, lol.

  • @tehf00n
    @tehf00n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I always had a fear of tsunamis. In the 1990's I was dying in hospital of pneumonia. During which I had my last tsunami dream. In it I was in a store in Australia which belonged to Alf Strewart from Home and Away. He pointed out to sea and I saw a giant nuceal explosion which caused a radioactive tsunami. I grabbed an ironing board and ran towards it. I surfed up the wave as my skin dissolved. I then woke up and started to get better.

    • @samuelmills0
      @samuelmills0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s probably my worst nightmare

    • @bradwatts8222
      @bradwatts8222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Luckily for you that's not the worst thing that has happened in summer bay

    • @mollyrae0918
      @mollyrae0918 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I get this bud

    • @_cashh
      @_cashh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      that’s why i will never go there lol

  • @ryleeisspooky
    @ryleeisspooky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    I’ve been in a tsunami when I was visiting Japan, it wasn’t a huge one but it counts😅

    • @mannatsaini6728
      @mannatsaini6728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm half japanese and half korean i live in korea but i sometimes visit japan during safe time

    • @jellyfiddle5290
      @jellyfiddle5290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Imagine a 1 foot tsunami 😂 just a little rr at tsunami 😂😂 ANT TSUNAMI 1 INCH TSUNAMI BAHSHAHAHAHAHAH

    • @jellyfiddle5290
      @jellyfiddle5290 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      o god

    • @bspdanskedicik5465
      @bspdanskedicik5465 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jellyfiddle5290 lol

    • @bspdanskedicik5465
      @bspdanskedicik5465 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Nick AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @Hurricane0721
    @Hurricane0721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fortunately the world’s largest tsunami in Lituya Bay, Alaska was localized to mainly one side of the bay. It never traveled out into the open ocean.

  • @marychapa8823
    @marychapa8823 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    How are the waves measured post-incident?

    • @kenpitchford3487
      @kenpitchford3487 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      measuring the waterline on the hills

  • @abhishekraj8426
    @abhishekraj8426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    RIP TO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE DISASTER

  • @IKEMENOsakaman
    @IKEMENOsakaman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami still brings tears to my eyes...

    • @Among_us_Chicken_Nugget
      @Among_us_Chicken_Nugget 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Were You in it

    • @kylanoble8669
      @kylanoble8669 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Among_us_Chicken_Nugget I don’t know the dude, but his name says “Osaka-Ben” (Osaka dialect) which is on the opposite side of Japan. So my guess is no. The whole country was emotionally taken by that day

    • @kylanoble8669
      @kylanoble8669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      日本人じゃないのに、私も。本当にやばかった。

    • @Guy-rz4qh
      @Guy-rz4qh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @cross roads demon yikes

  • @pratyushkasi7848
    @pratyushkasi7848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in Switzerland and I luckily dont have to worry about Tsunamis 🌊

  • @Third7Plays
    @Third7Plays ปีที่แล้ว

    0:11 the way the water pulls out and then roars back in with the rest of the tsunami is kinda mesmerising

  • @Adogdoingdogthings
    @Adogdoingdogthings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I've always been frightened of Tsunamis but this....his is crazy...I'm lucky I dont get Tsunamis where I live but I'm still scared and sorry for the people that experienced them.

  • @GrandTens
    @GrandTens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I haven’t seen a tsunami in real. But sounds real scary and terrifying though.

    • @dododog2440
      @dododog2440 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too I agree

    • @mariaandreou9689
      @mariaandreou9689 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @crunchypastries713
      @crunchypastries713 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/jlbRSPvIUms/w-d-xo.html tsunami i had

    • @bixz_x139
      @bixz_x139 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @bixz_x139
      @bixz_x139 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crunchypastries713 oh that's scary

  • @BrendaBlystone-ur6fy
    @BrendaBlystone-ur6fy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I really enjoy watching you're videos

  • @sw20yrz84
    @sw20yrz84 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, same also to everyone out ther. Please be safe.🙏🏽

  • @kissthesky40
    @kissthesky40 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    You should of mentioned the fishermen and son on the boat that survived the Alaska tsunami!
    Fascinating firsthand account.

    • @nicholasconder4703
      @nicholasconder4703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know that story. They literally caught the wave and were sitting on top of the world. The other fishing boats in Lituya Bay weren't so lucky. And historical records indicate this was only one of five tsunamis of similar height that had occurred in the bay over the last 200 years.

    • @kissthesky40
      @kissthesky40 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nicholasconder4703
      Exactly!
      THAT would make a cool movie :)

    • @nicholasconder4703
      @nicholasconder4703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kissthesky40 I don't know. 90-100 minutes of boredom followed by 5 minutes of sheer terror. Rather like the Jurassic Park ride at Universal studios.

    • @kissthesky40
      @kissthesky40 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicholasconder4703
      Well, Clooney made A Perfect Storm about a big wave :)

    • @oddsandwindsocks5905
      @oddsandwindsocks5905 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking the same

  • @tengu-1949
    @tengu-1949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Tsunami's are so notorious that there is only one universal word for it on this planet. Tsunami.

    • @christobalcolon6601
      @christobalcolon6601 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Tidal Wave" conveys the water's action. Watch video of the 2011 earthquake wave in Japan, as it has no crest, but is a gigantic moving tide that washes inland and sweeps the countryside.

  • @Drakrau_TheDerg
    @Drakrau_TheDerg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Correction on the Italian one. The dam that was the subject of this was the Vajont Dam.

  • @mikeprotwo
    @mikeprotwo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I know that one percent of people will be watching this but if you see this god bless you and have a good day

  • @benh2428
    @benh2428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Both one of my biggest fears, and most intense fascinations.

  • @friktionrc
    @friktionrc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Think about Tsunamis is, it’s not just water…once it hits land and starts destroying buildings, vehicles trees etc…all that gets absorbed by the tsunami so if you’re inland, it’s not just water, but mud, building materials, and other debris coming towards you…..I only worked this out when seeing videos of the Boxing Day tsunami and people more inland were climbing over trees, cars, mud etc that was still moving to rescue others still trapped in vehicles ….I’m a Sri Lankan and sadly know of many villages that no longer exist…not just losing one or two family members, but entire villages wiped out…because like most countries people celebrate Boxing Day and so everyone was on holiday usually making trips to the beach etc. 😔….last time I went, the remnants of the train track by the beach was still there - looked like someone had twisted a paper clip. I know of at least one family on the train when it got washed away. The last call my friends got from their loved ones was something along the lines of we’re on the train, it’s stopped, not sure what’s going on but will call you later…..from what I understand thanks to phone records etc moments later the train, tracks and all onboard were lost.
    Moral of story, if Mother Nature wanted to wipe us out, she can do…so how comes we try and kill each other with wars….surely money would be spent creating defences against stuff like this or at least helping everyone have access to better early warning systems rather than investing in guns and bombs 🤷‍♂️

  • @joseVasquez-yg7wq
    @joseVasquez-yg7wq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Remarkably, a father and son who were fishing that day survived the previous tsunami by riding its crest

  • @andrewglenn7392
    @andrewglenn7392 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here is a scary story about one that was recorded in Japan, the earthquake was off the coast of Washington state, it hit Japan with a 30 foot wave in the 16th century. Just imagine how big it was on the other side of the ocean

  • @stevebroadbent5080
    @stevebroadbent5080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    When driving up from Venizio towards Cortina in the Dolomite Alps (as one does to go snow skiing etc) you pass through an area that still looks rather barren, or washed out. That's because it was washed out, totally. Didn't know it at the time but also recall seeing that dam as the road climbed out of the valley. It is huge. AFAIK no longer used but still in place...
    Thanks for a great video which now joins the dots correctly.

    • @BadWebDiver
      @BadWebDiver 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's generally called the Valmont Disaster. There are TH-cam videos about it, like the Seconds To Disaster episode.

  • @Jaasau
    @Jaasau 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Loved the video, but I think the use of the term “tsunami” for several of these waves is inaccurate. Many, many people use the term tsunami to simply refer to huge waves, but they really are a specific type of long wavelength wave cause by shifts in the oceanic crust. This gives them IMMENSELY more energy than a regular wave, like many on this video, but a far smaller height. “Tsunami” is a Japanese word that means “wave that destroys the port.” This is a very unique wave type.

    • @alexbedel6320
      @alexbedel6320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No shit.

    • @lolitsajoke77
      @lolitsajoke77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The differentiate between Regular and mega in the beginning

    • @acrobaticcripple8176
      @acrobaticcripple8176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unique cannot be more or less than unique! It either is or it isn't. I just love being a pedant!!

    • @yellowstonenationalpark9971
      @yellowstonenationalpark9971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      they are all tsunamis though

    • @Dan-fo9dk
      @Dan-fo9dk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yellowstonenationalpark9971 Dude....sorry ...non of them were tsunamis. Educate yourself.

  • @Languages-with-Mariam2014
    @Languages-with-Mariam2014 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here is a blessing I hope everyone dies in old age not in a car crash or tsunami or something else god bless you all and make your dreams come true ! :)

  • @MatthewKiyatkin
    @MatthewKiyatkin 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What is mind blowing are there are probobly bigger waves that we just never knew abt

  • @pamelahomeyer748
    @pamelahomeyer748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    You left out Portugal. It is one of the most well recorded tsunami of all time. The wave was enormous

    • @mayrakopjansen2814
      @mayrakopjansen2814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is not atsunami but just huge waves Surfers love it

    • @rodrigoraposo3832
      @rodrigoraposo3832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@mayrakopjansen2814 they're probably mentioning the November 1st, 1755 tsunami that hit Lisbon. Our history really changed with that, alongside our architecture to suit another devastating catastrophe if it were to happen again. Many died, specially cuz it happened during a religious holiday (Dia de Todos os Santos), where there were many candles in churches that ended up burning the city. Many died and the destruction was massive

    • @lolitsajoke77
      @lolitsajoke77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mayrakopjansen2814 there was one there

    • @barbarahenry9231
      @barbarahenry9231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh when????

  • @SIE44TAR
    @SIE44TAR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    1:51 “Over 100 meters high.” I think you left a zero off. Technically what you said is not false, but you might as well say “it was over one inch high.” Chicago is 180 meters above sea level. Chicxulub tsunami was estimated to be over 1000 meters high.

    • @jannenmedico4978
      @jannenmedico4978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Koyawa ana ok

    • @llamasugar5478
      @llamasugar5478 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They had it right in the thumbnail. :)

    • @jakealter5504
      @jakealter5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And if it landed in the deep ocean the waves would’ve been around 3 miles tall

    • @CanadianTalk
      @CanadianTalk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Google needs an update too cause it says over 100 meters (330 ft) or if it was in deep ocean, 4.6 kilometers (2.9 mi) tall.
      I'm trying to grasp how it caused such chaos if it was smaller than these other tsunamis.

    • @rowliej1239
      @rowliej1239 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL UR PFP

  • @user-rr7qw4bs1f
    @user-rr7qw4bs1f 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I'm sorry for people living in Japan. God bless you all. USA

  • @skwisgarskwigelf7191
    @skwisgarskwigelf7191 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Makes me glad to live in a landlocked city nearly a thousand miles from the nearest ocean

  • @ryuma671
    @ryuma671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    the dinosaur wave was actually 5km high as the impact set off almost all of the volcanoes on the planet

    • @gavinbowman2690
      @gavinbowman2690 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya I thought the measurement he gave was wrong because he said that it was 100 meters high and that there hasn’t been one higher than that ever since……He then proceeded to lists some tsunamis that were higher than 100 meters……😑

    • @jakealter5504
      @jakealter5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gavinbowman2690 it was actually 1.5 kilometers. If the impact occurred in the deep ocean the waves would have been around 3 miles high

  • @harmvandorp6017
    @harmvandorp6017 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've seen a recent simulation of the impact event and I am not saying that they are right or you are wrong but the first shoreline of Mexico the mega-tsunami hit it had a height of 200m. Later hitting the North-American coast it was downgraded by 100m.

    • @whitetipvelociraptor5759
      @whitetipvelociraptor5759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruh, it is now said that it would have been 3 MILES tall.

    • @stevenrogan3675
      @stevenrogan3675 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not possible. The ocean the asteroid hit wasn’t deep enough to produce a tsunami of more than 200 metres.

  • @elaineb4490
    @elaineb4490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For as long as I can remember (now 49) I have had a recurring nightmare of standing at the top of a lighthouse whilst a huge tidal wave is heading straight for me. I always wake before it hits. It terrifies me because I have always been a real water baby; I love the sea, swimming, wildlife, boats etc so I have no idea what my brain is trying to tell me.

    • @FrostyJ239
      @FrostyJ239 ปีที่แล้ว

      It has been prophesied that there are two mega tsunamis coming to America and will hit both coasts simultaneously, I think your dream was a warning. If you live near the coasts, I suggest you prepare to move fast when the time comes.

    • @FrostyJ239
      @FrostyJ239 ปีที่แล้ว

      Question…did it look like a massive wall of black water?

  • @stoneyrivers1972
    @stoneyrivers1972 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was 8 years old and I remember it like it was earlier this morning, when I stood on my neighbor's porch and heard him say "well, there goes the camping trip this weekend". Later found out it was Mt. Saint Helens.

  • @brethart2070
    @brethart2070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Imagine your just swimming in a ocean and all of a sudden one of these waves just starts flying towards you I know that's very unrealistic but that would be terrifying

    • @Dan-fo9dk
      @Dan-fo9dk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you were "swimming in a ocean" you would not even notice that a tsunami wave passed you. What was talked about in the video has absolutely nothing with tsunamis to do. It was just a display of ignorance.

  • @halasalready
    @halasalready 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was in 6th grade in Spokane WA when Mt. St. Helens blew. We got inches of ash and indoors for two weeks. I was outside when the ash began to fall and I was outside looking up as it began to fall. I have a piece of ash in my eye to this day. I can still see it.

    • @Outnumberedbykidsandcats
      @Outnumberedbykidsandcats 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds impossible since ash would dissolve and wash away with fluid in your eyes :-/

    • @halasalready
      @halasalready 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Outnumberedbykidsandcats Ash is sharp and imbedded in my eye.

    • @Outnumberedbykidsandcats
      @Outnumberedbykidsandcats 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@halasalready look up the definition of ash - “a powdery residue left after the burning of a substance”. Maybe English isn’t your first language and you’re getting confused between ash and something else. Ash definitely isn’t sharp and couldn’t still be in your eye after so many years. It’s possible that some kind of debris could be lodged in your eye as I had a tiny sliver of metal in mine from being in a metalwork shop without safety goggles - so I believe something could get lodged there, but there is no way that it’s ash.

    • @halasalready
      @halasalready 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Outnumberedbykidsandcats Can you tell me where you are from? Have you been in a volcanic ash fall? Volcanic ash is very different than normal ash. We STILL have ash that you can find all over Eastern WA……………all these many years later. Volcanic ash, when wet, does not melt. So, yes……I stand by the fact that I still have a piece of volcanic ash in my eye and it can still be seen. I felt it in my eye at the time and it hurt like the dickens.

    • @Lisah707
      @Lisah707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Outnumberedbykidsandcats I live in NorCal, and I was in 7th grade and it was so ashy here as well

  • @LostMexicanFilms
    @LostMexicanFilms ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the second of your videos that has hit close to home. I have visited Chinega Island in Alaska where the last Tsunami hit. I have spoken with people that were in Chinega island when the Tsunami Hit!!!

  • @epicplayz8145
    @epicplayz8145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You Almost Got 1 mio subs! Congrats Mate!

  • @babatunde5567
    @babatunde5567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    im studying for my exam but you uploaded so

    • @atomicwedgie8176
      @atomicwedgie8176 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I downloaded a huge loaf this morning and caused a massive tsunami...kinda startled me.

  • @entropybentwhistle
    @entropybentwhistle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    “...bringing about the ice age...”
    Quietly closes video and am done.

    • @rrrrr6478
      @rrrrr6478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @AlaskaB83
      @AlaskaB83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Right, what? The KT event of 65 million years ago brought about the Ice Age of 15,000 years ago? Quality youtube content folks... highly educational

    • @brg9327
      @brg9327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@AlaskaB83
      You're aware that ice ages have happened throughout Earth's 4 billion year history?
      The KT almost certainly caused an ice age due to the volume of material the impact threw into the atmosphere blocking sun light from hitting the surface.
      So I doubt he was referring to the most recent ice age.

    • @martinpope3835
      @martinpope3835 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlaskaB83 oh, you read it in a book therefore it has to be true.

    • @mnichols1979
      @mnichols1979 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlaskaB83 there were several ice ages.

  • @world_still_spins
    @world_still_spins 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tsunamis fires floods earthquakes, I can deal with those. Though standing in line with other humans at the store, that could give me a heart-attack from the anxiety.

  • @manuelellis9133
    @manuelellis9133 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The scene in Interstellar nearly made my knees buckle.

  • @wooba1207
    @wooba1207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    "Some scientists believe that the wave washed as far inland as Chicago, Montana, or even Canada."
    You know Canada is a whole country, and not just a little spot above IL, right?

    • @Mig-nr8hc
      @Mig-nr8hc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes Canada is the third largest country in the world . I live in Canada.

    • @wooba1207
      @wooba1207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Okay? Wasn't asking you if you know. Was asking the creator of this video who should've said "Southern Ontario" instead of "Canada".

    • @wooba1207
      @wooba1207 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@szwzs Of course it did. If it's washing up all the way to Montana than it reason it'd also be covering Canada. But the way he says it makes it sound like Canada is just a small spot above Montana because he doesn't specify WHERE in Canada. Is it just over Vancouver Island? All the way to Newfoundland? Who knows! He never specified!

    • @wooba1207
      @wooba1207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@szwzs Sounds like you don't care about clarity and facts. For an "educational" channel this sounded very dense.
      Also I'm allowed to have my opinion. Don't like it? Tough titties for you.

    • @jameretief8327
      @jameretief8327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed, America’s lumber yard!

  • @tudorjason
    @tudorjason 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Thankfully, the two large lakes in comparable size to Spirit Lake that are close to Mount Rainier are narrow instead of a relatively circle. So a tsunami is unlikely to occur for these two lakes when Mount Rainier erupts.

    • @jakealter5504
      @jakealter5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’d have to worry about massive lahars instead

  • @swethabalasubramanian5677
    @swethabalasubramanian5677 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always Remember When the ocean water goes back at once means the nature tells you to run.

  • @maurofuggiaschi126
    @maurofuggiaschi126 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the Morandi bridge in Genoa, which was in liguria, was not a dam for hydroelectric production, but a car overpass, which has nothing to do with the disaster of the Vayont dam, in another region, to which the film refers.
    the collapse of the morandi bridge is much more recent, moreover, and dates back to 2018

  • @opencarry3860
    @opencarry3860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember watching the Mt. St. Helen's eruption from a Hill just south of the mountain in Clark County. Something I will never forget.

    • @rscii497
      @rscii497 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you still live in Clark County today?

    • @opencarry3860
      @opencarry3860 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rscii497 Washington state became to far left politically for my liking, so I know live in the free state of Idaho.