Angels and Demons

Here's a little story from somewhere far out in rural Thailand:

During the tsunami, there were many fishing boats out in the ocean. Two of the most notorious ones were pointed out to me. The first one is called the "demon" or the "red devil" by the locals. The wave carried it kilometers inland and it ploughed its way through the village of Nam Khem destroying houses and killing over a hundred people in its path, including its entire crew.

The other one is most commonly referred to as the "blue angel". It too surfed through Nam Khem, but this many ton boat didn't destroy anything on its path, helped save two people that were hanging onto it, saved the man onboard and stopped after it had pierced the roof of the first house it touched by a couple of centimeters.

It was crazy seeing these massive boats just laying there, so far from the sea. A pretty effective way to visualize the strength of the 11 meter wave and its smaller friends.