ZeroEffect
Senior member
That wave seems to be 30 to 50 feet high...
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Vancouver couple dies in tsunami, their camera survives
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cavemanmoron
Lifer
called Oh look how close the water is getting.
Oh shiiit. 🙁
GroundZero
Diamond Member
they were Canadians, do you need more of a reason?
Mayfriday0529
Diamond Member
it be interesting to see the original file size pictures from the camera to get more detail of the waves.
radioouman
Diamond Member
most media cards are silicon. I would guess the media survived but the camera likely didn't.
MustangSVT
Lifer
Hmm... I know I lost my quarter here somewhere....
dartworth
Lifer
The Knill brothers of North Vancouver have received an "almost wonderful" set of photos taken by their deceased parents as the devastating southeast Asian tsunami swept toward them.
"I'm not sure why they didn't run," said Patrick Knill, 28. "The first few pictures show a line in the distance and within five minutes the wave was on them. They would have only had a few seconds by the time they realized what was happening."
The photos include a picture of John and Jackie Knill, tanned, smiling and hugging on a beach in the resort town of Khao Lak in Thailand on Dec. 26.
A shot taken at 8:20 a.m. local time on Boxing Day shows everything on the beach appears to be normal.
Six minutes later, curious onlookers are shown wandering onto suddenly exposed tidal flats, a sign of the impending tsunami. A large wave is breaking in the distance.
Two minutes after that, some spectators appear to realize it is no ordinary wave.
A pair of photos taken at 8:30 a.m. shows a wall of water churning up sand and mud. A final shot a couple of minutes later shows the tsunami hitting the beach.
"For me, the pictures are almost wonderful," Knill said. "This is more closure than we thought was possible.
"Just to know that they were together when they died, that they were one unit."
The digital images were recovered from a camera found by a Seattle relief worker at a beach in Khao Lak a few days after the tsunami hit.
When the Seattle man returned home he downloaded the images, recognized the couple's image from a missing-persons website and contacted the youngest of the Knills' three sons, David, 25. The man drove to the Knills' home last week and handed him the images.
Patrick Knill said his dad's body was found Dec. 31 and his mom's was recovered Jan. 13.
The Knill family is now raising money to help rebuilding efforts in Thailand and have so far raised $60,000. "We want to raise $100,000, which in Thailand is enough to build an orphanage and set up music and art programs, which is what mom and dad would have done in our situation," Patrick Knill said.
In all, 12 Canadians were confirmed killed by the tsunami, most of them in Thailand, and 13 Canadians remain unaccounted for.
To donate to the Knill Thailand Fund, contact patknill@shaw.ca.
"I'm not sure why they didn't run," said Patrick Knill, 28. "The first few pictures show a line in the distance and within five minutes the wave was on them. They would have only had a few seconds by the time they realized what was happening."
The photos include a picture of John and Jackie Knill, tanned, smiling and hugging on a beach in the resort town of Khao Lak in Thailand on Dec. 26.
A shot taken at 8:20 a.m. local time on Boxing Day shows everything on the beach appears to be normal.
Six minutes later, curious onlookers are shown wandering onto suddenly exposed tidal flats, a sign of the impending tsunami. A large wave is breaking in the distance.
Two minutes after that, some spectators appear to realize it is no ordinary wave.
A pair of photos taken at 8:30 a.m. shows a wall of water churning up sand and mud. A final shot a couple of minutes later shows the tsunami hitting the beach.
"For me, the pictures are almost wonderful," Knill said. "This is more closure than we thought was possible.
"Just to know that they were together when they died, that they were one unit."
The digital images were recovered from a camera found by a Seattle relief worker at a beach in Khao Lak a few days after the tsunami hit.
When the Seattle man returned home he downloaded the images, recognized the couple's image from a missing-persons website and contacted the youngest of the Knills' three sons, David, 25. The man drove to the Knills' home last week and handed him the images.
Patrick Knill said his dad's body was found Dec. 31 and his mom's was recovered Jan. 13.
The Knill family is now raising money to help rebuilding efforts in Thailand and have so far raised $60,000. "We want to raise $100,000, which in Thailand is enough to build an orphanage and set up music and art programs, which is what mom and dad would have done in our situation," Patrick Knill said.
In all, 12 Canadians were confirmed killed by the tsunami, most of them in Thailand, and 13 Canadians remain unaccounted for.
To donate to the Knill Thailand Fund, contact patknill@shaw.ca.
MisterCornell
Banned
Darwin Awards? 😕
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