tsunami hit at that point. but now we are hearing that at least a 13-foot tsunami did wash away the cars and buildings, at least along the coast and that was near the epicenter, of where the quake hit. we are told that was 80 miles offshore. you know, as we sit here and talk, david, we are looking at more pictures of some of the damage that was done. we saw a large ship swept away we didn t see that here. but we have seen pleny of cars. when you plenty of cars. when you see the cars, the first thing you think is: were there people inside those cars? reporter: that s right. when the tsunami hit phuket. we had a vessel, about 600 meters off the coast. and there was what was left of the lake. that s a great danger, there are a lot of coast roads and cars can get swept away. but coming back to the point of a tsunami netokyo, it is very