Video Captures Moment When Tsunami Hits Greenland's West Coast 

The dogs are chained. You can hear they're going crazy. How is it an animal with no knowledge of history and a life span of only a decade or two knows there's trouble. I swear the smart phone is making humans stupid.

Maybe if they spoke some english everyone would know what the hell they're saying and would head for higher ground. lol

Quick everyone don’t jump into all the boats

Ignorant ! Theyre first nations I would say. Why should they speak your language? For the sake of a RU-vid vid.. idiot!

@@pakde8002 I've had a theory that humans are the top of the animal world on earth and we actually go down thru the different species with less and less abilities but with the same amount of awearnes in some ultimate soul learning experience.. maybe.

Lol u know the dogs were like come on u idiot humans!! 😂 not a funny situation at all I’m sorry. Just saying when I read your comment it brightened the mood for a few moments

called curiosity they likely had no idea it was a tsunami. you would have probably done the same in that situation.

@@joeynyesss1286 tide goes out like that, i dip.

When the Vikings arrived in the 10th C Greenland had a much warmer climate than it does now. It's called the Medieval Warm Period.

Greenland does not get tsunamis very often last time it happened was like 60-80+ years or so...

CraigPremium and in that 60-80 years we have had great technological advances that have given us access to a huge amount of information eg what tsunamis look like and what not to do.

Purdies Gaming Channel not everyone pays attention on what a tsunami looks like and what to do.

eddie wolde

Same!

You are so right. There was one of those buildings that was a cat rescue. You know how they like to sleep by climbing up to a place in their big size enclosure. The cameras in the building watching the cats saw all of them wake up and get down to the ground quickly. I don't remember the exact time but it was about 30-60 seconds later a big earthquake started shaking the area. Somehow before the pressure and force of the tectonic plates being released these cats knew something was about to happen and being on the ground was the best place for them. I wonder if they hear it or if they feel the shifting of the ground (although they were inside), or if their is something else they detect. If we could figure it out that would give people a good head start to safety compared to what we have as a warning of only a few seconds. But to stay on point, you are completely right. Inside the animal kingdom there are so many special detectors to all kinds of things that we can only imagine as humans to possess.

I was thinking the same thing.

and what would you have done expert?

Thinking the same thing.

@@katiekat4457 Humans also possess these abilities but we have lost our way, we are no longer connected to nature.

With the human eye only seeing out tl see a few miles it wouldn't be appearant till too late. Its not super loud like a tornado

It didn’t look like 50 feet. More like ten feet tops. It is the length of the wave that gives it such power.

Where did you see a 50ft wave?

Lol judging by how slow it moves and the distance you can see it from yes it could be 30ft

The Atlantic ocean is not nearly as tsunami prone as the Pacific - or even the Indian ocean. I would think you'd know that.

And even if you did get famous what good is it if you arent living to enjoy it

Is it weird that i want to be the guy at the beach who notices something isn't right. "Fuckin saw it on youtube.. We gots ta go!"

If not for some people's stupidity how would we be afforded the opportunity to have these exchanges? 😜😜😜

I would add to that, FUCKING RUN but go somewhere high in elevation... 3 story tall concrete building should keep you safe. In this case, just keep running until you get a hundred or so feet up in elevation.

@@atrocious_pr0xy I agree with you. Honestly I don't understand why nobody would run if anyone has ever been to the ocean they would know how waves behave so when the waves left the beach extremely fast i would take my family and head for higher ground

Normally here in Greenland icebergs break, and the water behaves like that, while dogs go crazy. We all had no idea what happened, we all thought it was some iceberg that broke until someone called from that place and we had to send helicopters. We had no tsunami warnings, and when an iceberg breaks, it is not that bad and all the boats go to the ocean to save their boats and they do not usually reach the houses or even dogs. I worked at the heliport in a near by town, the waves even reached us, but thankfully did not reach us. 4 people died. It was late around 11 pm when it happened. One family already went to bed. A baby and her parents. And a man that was outside. It was horrifying.

How would you ever get such great footage to bitch about, if not for stupid people like this?

I wouldn’t consider this great footage at all. Pretty pathetic actually.

Duh!

"the beach is in front of their village.

Who gives a FUCK!!!!!

Nature slowly loading the gun 😬🇬🇧

The way it stands up on its way back in helps me understand the myths and legends of under water beasts.

Yeah... I learned it was the early telling that a tsunami is coming and if you see that, start running for higher ground. Or one better, if you live on the coast and suffer a major earthquake, that means a tsunami will come. They usually do after an earthquake.

That and the panicked cries of the dogs 😢

You don’t get out much, do you?😂

Abhishek Mahendru Would you stand there and keep filming or run ? Im sure they'll apologize for not entertaining your request . Actually the video did continue but this RU-vid video didn't show the whole thing .

Yeah, it's so annoying when people have to run for their lives.

The reason you only get to see those videos is because the peeps who stay and continue to film don't get to upload their video to RU-vid, I'm sure you can figure out why.

I dont know why you guys are bashing him, you know damn well you wanted to see more footage.

@@readbeard34 I'm not bashing and you are correct I'd like to see more, lets be honest, BUT that IS the reason you don't see the videos with more, people who run BEFORE the part where everyone gets killed are the ones who get to post on RU-vid /shrug, to say you hate it because they stop to run will always get smart ass comments :)

I've been to a few of those villages. The fucking dogs bark all of the time.

But, in that tone?

dogs and many other animals posses a extra sence which tells them danger or if someyhing is going to happen. like cows will lay down before a storm. its like your gut feeling when you just know something or your intuition or subconcious whatever you want to call it.

drie wiel my mate said he had a hamster that predicted 9/11, the hamster also died under suspicious circumstances.

Yes normally hamsters don't shoot themselves.

A testament to human stupidity at its finest

ace dum women , that too with kids...they should have fleed long back, wonder if they are still alive ... idiots..🤔

Dog is smart, people are dumb

Nature knows

I caught that right away to if only humans would listen

Animals know ,yes that's what I said when the dogs began to make noise.

I thought the same exact thing. Animals are so well tuned to the environment they always know when something is coming. Especially dogs.

As a trucker that's the most aggravating thing we go thru

@Eric Wellman huge difference in taking a glance and almost coming to a complete damn stop just to gawk.

They probably don't even know what a freeway is.

RIGHT?? I'm like, "Guys.... first sign of a tsunami? The water rushing out to sea. GET YOUR BUTTS MOVING!!!"

SuperDipMonster Exactly

what why would i drive my boat into my house? Just drive off there is nothing to it, this tsunami was not even that big, no worries chump...

You would think that native people of Greenland, who've lived on the coast for generations and generations, would know the signs of a tsunami...even though I'm sure they are much rarer there than in the Pacific

+CraigPremium, not even that big? That's not what the National Geographic says: "Video from Greenland shows a powerful tsunami striking an inhabited part of the island's western shore. The disaster that ravaged the island late Saturday has left four people presumed dead, dozens injured, and 11 homes washed away from the remote region near the small town of Nuugaatsiaq." Actually, doesn't that make YOU the chump?

I care about their lives as much as they do.

Umm did u see an adult? Me neither! Perhaps they were at work!

Andrea J fake news, if Trump doesn't tweet about it. .... it didn't happen

Andrea J .your English is feeling better then England.

Andrea J thanks for the added information. your English is very well. God bless Greenland i always wanted to visit and explore

So what happened to the village in this video? Did those people survive?

Andrea J your english is better than the majority on here.

keep talking like your the expert you shit.

@@DLJ2890 were you one of the guys just standing there? I guess so 😂

@@mattizzle81 keep blaming innocents

@@DLJ2890 blah blah blah

@@mattizzle81 you really are a a matilda and loser

I was thinking the same... Maybe they should get in that boat

Tumah tumah tumah

Not in shallow water..no thanks!

To the chopper I mean boat

Head for the hills is more like it.

Same with me. I live in Alberta, Canada. I have a whole mountain range between me and the nearest coastline, and I would have been running to higher ground by the start of that video.

Okay I admit I have no idea about it because I live in plains there are no mountains or sea around me. So anyone gonna explain me the rule how to be aware that waves are behaving strangely?

@@AB-rm5wh Well, if the water recedes farther from shore than usual, especially if it does it quickly, and the water is frothing at the surface, it's time to run. In this video, you can also see that there appears to be some level of side-to-side motion, which doesn't seem like normal behaviour at the surface. You can also hear the animals in the background start to get louder before it hits. Animals have a way of knowing something's not right long before we typically catch on, so it's a good idea to pay attention to what they're doing. Basically, if you're at the coast, and the water and animals appear to be behaving different, it's good to know beforehand what that might mean, and if it looks distinctly like the signs of an imminent tsunami, warn everyone around you, and get to high ground, though if high ground is too far, get to a large building, maybe a hotel or apartment building, and go to the upper floors. This is off the top of my head, but if you're going to a coastal region, it might seem paranoid, but it's probably not a terrible idea to do a quick search on tsunamis and other hazards of the region to know the signs. Also, a lot of populated coastal regions also have early warning systems in place.

Nah, you knew a Tsunami was coming because it says so in the title of the video. If this happened to you in real life you probably would have reacted the same.

@@AthamAldecua well doesn't the weather looks just too weird like if you don't know you don't it's not like after they saw water entering and while they were running to save their live they realized oh this is tsunami @Ben Kimber Thank you I hope this advice will help me in future.

Jar well you have 70 million people who voted for trump in 2020 too. How is it possible they don’t know what’s going on?

@@duncangroenewald Correction, 74 million voted for Trump. How do you not know that?

@@the5thmusketeer215 Ok, we watched, what happened? Please update us. lmao.

@@the5thmusketeer215 .. stop. Resident Biden is destroying the Republic. First We the People need to stand up for Liberty & our Constitution.

@@duncangroenewald I know what's going on. The United States is sinking, we need to circle back to the Trump administration.

keep talking like your the expert you shit.

My guess is they can hear the wave coming, I bet they all died chained up as well.

There also needs to be more tsunami detecting buoy/satellite/sensor systems besides the ones in the Pacific Ocean. I know it's in the ring of fire and earthquakes (and volcanos) are much more likely to occur but that still isn't any excuse for the Indiana Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean to go without any equipment and sensors to warn people of possible impending tsunamis. It's not like there hasn't been some very deadly tsunamis hit there, I really think it's crazy that only the Pacific Ocean is monitored.

and where would you have run to? couch comfort guespert

@@DLJ2890 no idea, but I know I wouldn’t be standing around looking at something so unnatural and thinking “Oh, this happens every day.”

Greenland is quite isolated. They've not had the education that we have. It was probably astounding to them, to see such power as this. What would you have done if you didn't know about the displacement of water? Probably the same thing they did.

@@0clockedin0 I would know that that runout doesn’t happen every day. Something big is going on. It’s gonna comeback. I would’ve headed for one of those mountains.

The only thing that makes a tsunami a megatsunami is it's height. The source is irrelevant. Generally, anything above 100m is a megatsunami.

Simply yes

I was there. No actual waves at all, just a surge. As with all tsunamis, there is no actual waves of any great size. It is the surge of water that gets you. The written hights of waves one sees in records and youtube are not from the actual height of a wave, but the sea level height change of the surge. Big difference, but people keep believing the later. For example: The 2011 Japanese tsunami was one of the biggest in modern history. The largest actual, true wave generated by it only measured 25 feet.

Probably waiting for "somebody" to do "something" about it.

If Lassie would've been there... "Hey, Master... that water is looking kinda RUFF"...

Elizabeth M Yup. I'd be gone!

+Keisha hello

NetVoyagerOne THEY F**KING BARK EVERY TIME YOU F**K!!

They do... Dogs have even warned their owners of on coming seizures their human was going to have.

you are absolutely right. too many armchair commentators negating

I don't know where you people are from, but by living on a coast with frequent tidal and seismic activity for half of my life, I can tell the certain people who'd stand and watch shore water recede rapidly. That isn't the normal tide, hence why they were recording. Mix that with the animals going berserk is EXACTLY what we were taught to recognize as a tidal wave/tsunami. Yet some people will still stand there and watch, and only move when they see the barreling waves. More than wave. There is also a supposed crashing sound. I don't and would never know since we always ran the other way and got to high ground. My city got flooded twice by large waves. We were as kids all pulled up to the top floor of our school. The other time, we were warned to stay on the top floor of the building we were in downtown.

Red L You ran too late dude

Red L

keep talking like your the expert you shit.

* The dogs have stronger senses than the people.

They’re waiting for someone dumbass

@@lauragreen4612 no need to be rude ???

@@Calzonuda you were rude

@@lauragreen4612 what are you even talking about you came on here and called me a dumbass and you have the nerve to call ME rude???

🤣👍

That was a tsunami. Albeit a small one.

Rygith nailed it

... 😁..Interstellar

Thats a hell of a movie. So good

David Bennett - The first logical comment I've seen so far.

the water rushed out here? keep talking like your the expert you shit.

The KeenTribe yup 😂😂😂

You eat a lot faster than I do.