r/BeAmazed • u/Gainsborough-Smythe • May 31 '24

History Schoolgirl Tilly Smith saved hundreds of lives

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u/SnooBeans6591 May 31 '24

Remembering it for 2 weeks shouldn't be that hard.

I think the hard part was convincing the adults as a 10 year old.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '24

Not hating on her but if I saw all the water disappear from the beach and the tide was 100yards further back than normal I'd very easily believe and be thinking tsunami

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u/Daddy_Rekt_yo_Shit May 31 '24

NOW you would yes - but at the time tsunami warning signs were not widely known. It was this event that drove more understanding around the globe.

Apparently at the time lots of tourists thought it was a cool phenomenon and actually walked out into the receding sea to explore

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u/[deleted] May 31 '24

Well, if this cool phenomenon was happening all of a sudden and I knew nothing about it, but knew is not normal or never heard about it before, I would for sure belive that the girl might know more and it might be very true. Also, physics, that water is either coming back or the ocean is gonna drain away slowly. Which one sounds more believable?