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Tidal Wave in Southern Thailand 28-Dec-2004 At 5:35:21 PM White Rabbit

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Hey everyone,

I was climbing on a ledge above the beach when it hit so I had the unfortunate pleasure of watching it all unfold.
The waves that hit Ton Sai were nothing compared to the waves that hit other parts of Thailand. By the time they reached the beach at Ton Sai they were only 3+ meters high. Not too sure about height, jow back me up here.

It's calming down in Ton Sai most of us spent yesterday helping clean up the beach. It's funny the mentality between the people in Ton Sai and Railey. I went to Railey to check out the damage yesterday. There's hardly anyone there, and hardly any foreigners are helping clean up the beach (the ones who were are mostly climbers). Compared to Ton Sai where every body is helping to clean up.
The other strange thing is that the Thai's are burning everything, there are things that can be re-used like big planks of wood etc but they are just burning everything

As for long tails, kinda few and far between, but the army is bring in free food and water so we're fine.

Rich: I think I've seen more long tails/rafts with motors then sea kayaks, simply because many of them were smashed up or washed out to sea. Some people climbed yesterday, more are climbing today, some of us think it's too soon to be climbing and others just want to stay and continue to do what they were doing before the wave hit. In general we've decided to stay because we think it's the best thing to do right now especially for the locals (spending baht). I think I'm going to climb in the next few days, as for Jackers coming down it's up to her Ton Sai is functioning, people are climbing/smoking/drinking/sunbaking and going on border runs.

Jow: Good to hear that you made it, I'm in Ao Nang Shamick and I were lucky enough to catch a long tail this morning. Saw Lara yesterday at Ton Sai she was saying that people in Ao Nang were saying that there was nothing left of Ton Sai and don't go because there's no water or food there, that and the waves that hit were 40 meters. By the way they found Jessie's rope bag/rope, and he saw some Thai woman walking around with his bag. It only had his passport in it she claimed that there was no wallet or camera when she found the bag.

Take Care
Val