January 01, 2005
A 10-year-old British schoolgirl saved the lives of hundreds of people
in southern Asia by warning them a wall of water was about to strike,
after learning about tsunamis in geography class, British media
reported today.
Tilly, who has been renamed the "angel of the beach" by the top-selling
tabloid The Sun , was holidaying with her family on the Thai island of
Phuket when she suddenly grasped what was taking place and alerted her
mother.
"Last term Mr Kearney taught us about earthquakes and how they can
cause tsunamis," Tilly was quoted as saying by The Sun.
"I was on the beach and the water started to go funny. There were
bubbles and the tide went out all of a sudden.
"I recognised what was happening and had a feeling there was going to
be a tsunami. I told mummy."
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/...
Amazing a 10 year old was able to see the signs and reacted
appropriately, thereby savng many lives, while the best monitoring
agencies on the planet can only give excuses has to why they all sat on
their hands.
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01 Jan 2005 05:03:53 PM |
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11833299%255E1702,00.html
sorry' bout that.........link didn't come through the first time.
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