what i did not understand in tsunami for class 8
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The lesson begins with a few stories from the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. The first is of a manager of a cooperative society named Ignesious who was woken up by his wife because she felt the earthquake. After keeping his television on the floor, he rushed his family out of the house where they saw large waves coming towards them on the beach. Two of his children who had held hands with their mother’s father and brother, were swept away along with their mother. Only two children who stuck with Ignesious were saved.
Next is the account of a policeman in the Nicobar islands named Sanjeev who managed to save his wife and baby daughter but upon hearing cries from his guesthouse cook’s wife, he ran into the water which swallowed both of them.
Meghna, a thirteen-year old who was swept away by the waves, along with her family and seventy other people, managed to stay alive by holding on to a wooden door. She could not be seen by relief helicopters for two days and came to the shore only through a wave.
Fourth is the story of Almas Javed’ family. As soon as her father got to know about the tsunami, he took everyone to a safer place. In the process of doing so, Almas’ grandfather got hit in the head by something and when Almas’ father tried to save him, they got carried away with the waves. Almas’ mother and aunts held on to the leaves of a coconut tree which was uprooted by the giant waves when Almas found a wooden log, she climbed on it and managed to save herself.
Next is the story of the Smith family from South England but had come to visit Thailand to spend their vacations on a beach resort. Penny and Colin Smith had two daughters, out of which the elder one, a ten-year old named Tilly, helped save the entire family and a lot of other people from the gigantic waves. As she saw the sea rise and the beach getter smaller, she recalled a lesson from her geography class that illustrated visuals of the tsunami that hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946. She got hysterical and shouted for everyone to run. Her parents took the children to the third floor of the hotel that survived at least three waves of the tsunami. Along with their family, a lot of other people who followed them were saved.
The third and the last part of the lesson talks about how animals managed to stay safe. Two beliefs offer an explanation for the same. First, they possess sixth sense and can predict disasters. Second, they have acute hearing abilities that make them sensitive towards the earth’s vibrations. Facts state that animals at the The Yala National Park in Sri Lanka managed to protect themselves while sixty human lives were taken by the giant and strong waves. Only carcasses of two water buffalos were found. One such man in Galle reported that his two dogs refused to go for their usual run along the beach which they are usually very excited for. This saved his life as well.