This is amazing - Japanese Tsunami from recovered video inside car

I agree.
If you don't put one of the windows down it may create some sort of suction, particuarly if you are under water.

[link to gopro.com] this cam would have kept shooting video til the battery is dead ;) (invented in japan ^^)

old news. Have seen it before on this forum

Where did all the people go... I did not see anyone in their cars?

There are Tsunami walls about 6ft all over japans coast line.
Many people thought that they would be kept safe by the walls.

In some places the first surge didnt breach these barriers, only second third etc surges pulled the walls down.

Trust me, if this had happened in any other country the casualties would be much higher.

scary. I feel so bad for all those people.

as high up as possible, as quickly as possible, or swept up in

that giant cement mixer.

what a fucked up way to die..

i would have jumped out and hopped on one of those floating wooden palettes a long time ago.. i woulda fuckin grabbed on to a telephone pole or something..

man.. i cant imagine dying like this..

it looks like it was snowing in the vid.. wassup with that?

double post my bad

Last Edited by Cellz on 09/02/2011 05:47 AM

So sad...

I honestly think the driver hopped out at the same time the guy in the grey Honda left his car. If you notice, the guy in the Honda jumps out but then you can hear the car with the camera's door close. You can even see a slight bump or jolt in the recording from the door slamming shut.

Also the camera was recording sound and there's no one screaming, crying, etc heard.

The real question is why the hell did the guy in the grey Honda run back to his car to make sure the door closed??? He lost a good 3 - 5 seconds of valuable hauling ass time.

This is old news.....
I had this video up on my YOUTUBE channel MONTHS AGO, when it was happening

Where do you live? I live in Satellite Beach, FL - a tiny ribbon of land on the East Coast of FL. A 9.0 in the Atlantic would cover my house...

..This is pretty old footage my dear man.

STOP LOOKING AT THIS AS ENTERTAINMENT YOU SICKOS.

pretty sure this has been pinned before

yep

Its amazing to see how those cars were floating.Is it only because of their tyres.

+1

I would have tried to make it to one of those pallets. They looked pretty study.

The guy lived. And there have been more than one interviews with him floating around the net.

Thread: *** TSUNAMI FIRST HAND VIDEO FROM INSIDE A CAR - JAPAN, TSUNAMI,

I saw this months ago and it's getting pinned now???
Pathetic

But did you look at all the debris in the water? No where looked safe that is why they probably stayed in the car. Amazing they were videotaping when this happened.

They are so proper over there that he even went back and shut the door before running off.

I feel so bad for those people over there. God bless them.

Incredible quality on that video. Good audio as well. Very impressive. I had not seen this particular one before so I'm glad it was posted. Thanks NOP!

That guy at the beginning trying to stay on his feet during the quake. That was interesting too. Kind of creepy the way he stood there and stared at the camera.
He was out in the open. Imagine being in any building.

Air inside the cars is what kept them afloat.

That was a first for me seeing that video, incredible footage.

Same here. Imagine being in this situation even if prepared more than most. You'd have no time once yous aw the water to even get your supplies say if they were in your trunk and you didn't have an SUV. By the time you got out and grabbed it, you'd be done. Would have to grab it from inside the car, which may still be too late.

Looks like one of those "bend over and kiss it goodbye" scenarios that if you survive it, it's no more than luck of the draw.