En diciembre del 2004 , Pat Ralson estuvo en un hotel lujoso en Tailandia. Mientras Pat estab sentado en su balcon la gente jugaba volley en la playa de al lado. El sol brillaba y hacia un dia placentero.
Luego, de repente, la gente corria en todas las direcciones, y el agua del tsunami inundo la playa y el hotel. Pat tuvo suerte, sobrevivio, pero la inmensa ola destruyo casas, pueblos y cientos de vidas en Asia del Sur.
La palabra tsunami viene del japones ; puerto (tsu) y olas (nami). Las olas empiezan a ser cada vez mas grandes y rompen los puertos cuando tocan tierra, si estas en un barco el tsunami te pasara por debajo.
Pero no todos los barcos se han salavo, un ejemplo de ello es el Norwegian Dawn al que le pillo un tsunami el 16 de abril de 2005.
In december 2004, Pat Ralson was staying at a luxury hotel in Thailand. While Pat was sitting on a balcony reading, people were playing volleyball on the beach below. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day.
Then, suddenly, people were running in every direction, as water fron a tsunami flooded the beach and the hotel. Pat was lucky - he survived, but the inmense wave destroyed buildings, villages and thousands of lives in South-East Asia.
The word tsunami comes from Japanese words 'harbour' (tsu) and 'wave' (nami), They are 'harbour waves' because they become bigger and break when they are near land. If you are on a ship in the sea, the tsunami will pass under you. But not all the ships are safe. For example the 'Norwegian Dawn' who was 'ate' by the tsunami on 16th of april of 2005.
Historia de un superviviente / A survivor's sorty
El año pasado estuve con mi padre trabajando en el barco. Un dia estabamos mas o menos a 20 km. del puerto cuando empezo una tormenta. Nos metimos todos en la cabina mirando el mar.
De repente vi una ola gigante! Esraba muy asustada. Los siguientes momentos fueron de mucho miedo. La gente gritaba y se caían cosas y se rompían alrrededor.
Despues estube bien, pero mi padre y su amigo estaban perjudicados, asi que intentamos ayudarles. Fue una experciencia terrible y cuando llegamos al dia siguiente al puerto me senti con suerte por estar vivo.
Last year I was working with my father on his fishing boat. One day we were about 20 km. from the coast when suddenly a storm starts. We were all in the cabin watching the storm.
Suddenly, I saw a massive wave. I was very frightened. When the wave hit us we were in panic. People were shouting and things were falling and breaking everywhere.
Afterwards I was OK, but my father and his friend were injured, so we tried to to help them. It was a terrible experience , and when we arrived at the harbour I was lucky to be alive
Luego, de repente, la gente corria en todas las direcciones, y el agua del tsunami inundo la playa y el hotel. Pat tuvo suerte, sobrevivio, pero la inmensa ola destruyo casas, pueblos y cientos de vidas en Asia del Sur.
La palabra tsunami viene del japones ; puerto (tsu) y olas (nami). Las olas empiezan a ser cada vez mas grandes y rompen los puertos cuando tocan tierra, si estas en un barco el tsunami te pasara por debajo.
Pero no todos los barcos se han salavo, un ejemplo de ello es el Norwegian Dawn al que le pillo un tsunami el 16 de abril de 2005.
In december 2004, Pat Ralson was staying at a luxury hotel in Thailand. While Pat was sitting on a balcony reading, people were playing volleyball on the beach below. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day.
Then, suddenly, people were running in every direction, as water fron a tsunami flooded the beach and the hotel. Pat was lucky - he survived, but the inmense wave destroyed buildings, villages and thousands of lives in South-East Asia.
The word tsunami comes from Japanese words 'harbour' (tsu) and 'wave' (nami), They are 'harbour waves' because they become bigger and break when they are near land. If you are on a ship in the sea, the tsunami will pass under you. But not all the ships are safe. For example the 'Norwegian Dawn' who was 'ate' by the tsunami on 16th of april of 2005.
Historia de un superviviente / A survivor's sorty
El año pasado estuve con mi padre trabajando en el barco. Un dia estabamos mas o menos a 20 km. del puerto cuando empezo una tormenta. Nos metimos todos en la cabina mirando el mar.
De repente vi una ola gigante! Esraba muy asustada. Los siguientes momentos fueron de mucho miedo. La gente gritaba y se caían cosas y se rompían alrrededor.
Despues estube bien, pero mi padre y su amigo estaban perjudicados, asi que intentamos ayudarles. Fue una experciencia terrible y cuando llegamos al dia siguiente al puerto me senti con suerte por estar vivo.
Last year I was working with my father on his fishing boat. One day we were about 20 km. from the coast when suddenly a storm starts. We were all in the cabin watching the storm.
Suddenly, I saw a massive wave. I was very frightened. When the wave hit us we were in panic. People were shouting and things were falling and breaking everywhere.
Afterwards I was OK, but my father and his friend were injured, so we tried to to help them. It was a terrible experience , and when we arrived at the harbour I was lucky to be alive
