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That’s why education isn’t just some nice-to-have luxury. Moments like these should make people go “wait, maybe it’s a shitty idea that conservatives like the Trump regime oppose proper, widely available and cheap education for everyone”.

I sometimes wonder how many lives would not have been lost if those people had known “sea magically disappear from beach mean big wave coming” when that Indian ocean tsunami happened.

Knowledge can save your life.

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Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
A lot were doomed by the speed (500mph/800kph) and sheer size of the waves, which they couldn’t have escaped even if they had tried. But those in the escapable areas died needlessly.

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- glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Tsunamis move at those speeds you mentioned only at open sea. The closer to land they come, the slower they get, as all that kinetic energy is used to build up height.
  
  But even when they reach shore, they’re still much too fast to escape from on foot, as we have seen on all those videos.
  
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