A friend sent this to me...sorry I don't have the date or where it appeared.
LONDON (AP) - A British schoolgirl, who recognized the signs of a coming
tsunami thanks to a recent geography lesson, saved her family and some 100
other tourists at a Thai beach, a British newspaper reported.
Tilly Smith, 10, realized they were in danger when she saw the tide
suddenly rush out - an indication earthquake-driven tidal waves are only
minutes away - and told her mother, The Sun said in its Saturday edition.
She explained that she had studied tsunamis only two weeks before
at her school in Oxshott, just south of London. Her parents, Penny
and Colin Smith, warned nearby vacationers and staff at their hotel
in Phuket, and the hotel swiftly evacuated Maikhao beach, minutes
before the devastating waves struck, the newspaper said.
"I was on the beach and the water started to go funny," Tilly
was quoted as telling The Sun. "There were bubbles and the tide went
out all of a sudden. I recognized what was happening and had a
feeling there was going to be a tsunami. I told mummy."
Penny Smith, 43, said that she ran off the beach after Tilly
explained what was going to happen. "I dread to think what would
have happened if we had stayed," she was
quoted as telling The Sun. "Minutes later the water surged right
over the beach and demolished everything in its path." The Sun
reported that the beach was one of only a few in Phuket where no one
was killed or seriouslyhurt.
Tilly learned about tsunamis in a lesson with geography teacher
Andrew Kearney at Danes Hill School, a private school in Oxshott.
"It is an incredible coincidence that our class were learning about
this type of tsunami just two weeks before Christmas," Kearney was
quoted as telling the newspaper. He added that Tilly "was
particularly captivated by this force of nature and its effects."
--
Johanna Halbeisen, Library Media Teacher
Woodland Elementary School (K-4)
80 Powder Mill Rd, Southwick, MA 01077
johanna.newsong@rcn.com
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