By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
March 17. 2011
12:33 a.m.
Japan
I want to thank my longtime friend Greg DeRossi for sending me this You Tube video of the FIRST TSUNAMI wave that actually rolled into a populated area from the start. Incredible show of force from Mother Nature. Here is the description of the video from Kanpaifr who uploaded this footage.
Tsunami in Japan [HD] 3.11 first person FULL raw footage
This is the full raw footage filmed by some Japanese people on friday March 11th, 2011, during the tsunami which occured in northern Japan, following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake.According to the video, it was filmed in the Miyagi Prefecture (宮城) in the city of Kesennuma (気仙沼市) which has 74,000 inhabitants.
More videos and pictures here : http://www.kanpai.fr/japon/tsunami-seisme-photos-videos-catastrophe-japon.html
To cheer up a little, here's what nice Japan is like : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYoJVhxasTk
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Important note : I did not filmed this footage and I cannot be held responsible for it. It was broadcasted on TV Asahi, a japanese TV channel. If it breaks any copyright, please advise me and I will remove the video.
Credits to Jeffrey C. who mailed me with this HD version. To check the SD version : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uJN3Z1ryck
Credits to James MacWhyte who caught the HD footage from TV Asahi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MR7u8xSr-8 . He also started a Facebook page to support the disaster relief effort : http://www.facebook.com/ThroughWesternEyes
