Reply #36: I read that the locals were mostly

[wabeewoman]

fishermen and the receding sea left lots of fish which they ran to retrieve. Those already in the water were probably sucked out to sea. Also interesting was an account of a tsumani in Hawaii in the 90's that didn't cause much loss of life because an old man had been warning when the sea retreats, run to high ground and the people had listened. I also read some of those waves were traveling at 700 mph so there might not have been time to reach higher ground. Has anyone read or heard how far inland the wave went ? edited for clarity