Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > Briton Surfs Tsunami, Survives > Fri Dec 31,10:41 AM ET > > HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - British surfer Martin Markwell had > always > dreamed of catching that perfect wave -- but when it finally came > along, it > was a nightmare. > > Markwell was paddling on his surfboard Sunday off the popular > Hikkaduwa > beach resort on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed southern coast when he was > swept > up by a tsunami wave and sent crashing over a white sand beach and > into a > hotel restaurant. > > "It was really terrible because I was surfing, I was really surfing on > a > wave I wasn't supposed to be on," he told Reuters. > > "As an experienced surfer, when I saw the wave come I realized > something > was wrong, but I couldn't escape because my surfboard was tied to my > ankle." > > His wife Vicki and son Jake looked on in horror from a hotel balcony > as he > crashed toward the shore. Miraculously, he stayed atop his board until > he > reached the hotel, jumped off and waded to safety as the ocean rolled > back > to feed a much larger tsunami wave on its way. > > The family regrouped and ran inland into jungle to safety just minutes > before a giant tsunami wave 30 feet high crashed into Sri Lanka's > coast, > killing more than 28,500 people.
----------------------------------------------------------------- Sounds like a load o' crap. Someone's read "Lucifer's Hammer" too many times. George A _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
