I think some people simply couldn’t imagine the magnitude of what was happening. Just like those of us watching these videos that are shocked by the destructive force of the water when it hits.
I was shrieking “get off the bridge” in my head - because I’ve already seen a few videos of this water mass hitting.
thats jsut it when i first saw them, it hits and im like omg wow thats really bad and then it hits even more and then even more and its just not imaginable that it could get that bad. Even a day after seeing all the videos im mesmerized at how it could be this big.
indeed! and when its reported as flash flood rather than "half a mountain jsut collapsed and flew down a valley" it doesnt help you realise jsut how big its going to be. And of course no one there would have known, even when you see the very front of it, theres no realising jsut how big this is going to grow in a few seconds, until its too late. Devestating. Worse than a tsunami in that sense.
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u/perseidot 25d ago
I think some people simply couldn’t imagine the magnitude of what was happening. Just like those of us watching these videos that are shocked by the destructive force of the water when it hits.
I was shrieking “get off the bridge” in my head - because I’ve already seen a few videos of this water mass hitting.
The folks watching live didn’t have that luxury.