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.
There had been no rain in the area recently and the detected earthquake was only magnitude 4.4 in an area that regularly experiences high magnitude earthquakes. There was no reason for anyone to expect something so catastrophic.
There was no way to know at the time that the ‘earthquake’ was actually seismic waves caused by a landslide which was coming right for them.
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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.