Tsunami Stories

A devastating, emotional read about true experiences in the 2004 Thailand tsunami, where some people lost there loved ones, saved other peoples life or had a near death experience.
There are many stories which relate to one another by passing on the message of what was about to hit the beaches and hotels in Thailand. Each story tell us how individuals took the news and what happen to the scenery around them. This book highlights and gives an understanding of that day's events through the eyes of families on vacation on the beach, staff in hotels, Thai families, people on boats trips and beach boys.
Tsunami Story is worth reading as it provides the reader with a clearer understanding of the effects the tsunami had on people from all over the world and from all walks of life. This book will make you feel very grateful that you have not had to go through a natural disaster like this.
This book comes close to home as I was supposed to be in Thailand the morning the tsunami hit. The stories in this book revolve around the knowledge of staff and the reaction from the guests in the hotel I was going stay that ultimately saved peoples lives and made other hotels aware of the killer wave heading towards the coast. This book describes individuals immediate reaction to the tsunami and how the message was passed on through Phuket.
In the book, daily routines are described as evidence of survival. There is a common link thru the stories and explained by the the decision of one person not going on his morning jet ski ride. Firstly the rider would have been killed by the giant wave, and secondly the unused jet ski was used as a floatation device to save someones life as it was washed inland with the surge of water. It was because of the one persons action not to go on the jet-ski, that other lives were saved.