Tsunamis In Richard Lewis's The Killing Sea

It was 2004 in Indonesia when there was a earthquake that caused a tsunami that killed the most people in history and after that Richard Lewis picked up his pen and wrote The Killing Sea. He wanted to write a book that taught people a lesson: Mother nature is an unstoppable force. Richard understood this because of how many people died from just one tsunami and that wasn’t even that bad compared to other tsunamis so he wanted to show people in a form of a book not to mess with mother nature. On page 32 the book describes how the tsunami looked. Then “On all three sides of the peninsula the whole ocean had lifted up and was racing landward.” The book was right to say what it looked like because it probably looks like the whole sea was lifting up and most tsunamis are moving over 65 mph. So it was racing unlike most movies and books exagate a tsunami it didn’t because in the videos that was what it looked like.

Then According to Indian Ocean Tsunami: Then and now “The violent upward thrust of the ocean floor at 07:58 local time (00:58 GMT) displaced billions of tonnes of seawater, which then raced towards shorelines at terrifying speeds.” The book says racing but that is just an understatement terrifying speeds means 500 mph. Also In How Scientists and Victims Watched Helplessly.

On page 54, Sarah said, “You do it. Try to radio for help and get some food and water.” This means she doesn’t want to do it and has someone else do it for her. Another thing is on page 64, the book says, “Ruslan found the turnoff, an unpaved slash of orange dirt leading into a rubber plantation. Two privates from the Military’s raider division were seated in a wooden guard hut at the foot of a small, shrub covered hill.” This means he is willing to risk everything to make sure his dad is safe and is willing to get his hands