American Jake Curtis was just eight<\/strong> when the tsunami washed over Phuket, Thailand. He was on Christmas vacation with his family, away from China, where his father worked for an international company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cI remember my family was having breakfast at the hotel, which was a mile or so from the beach,\u201d Curtis, now a 24-year-old finance student at Utah\u2019s Brigham Young University, says. \u201cWe noticed that the sliding door of the restaurant was rattling against the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the warning signs, the family got ready to go to the beach. There, they faced yet another oddity \u2014 the ocean had receded by more than 300 feet. \u201cThe fishing boats were tilting on their side, fish flopping on the bare beach,\u201d Curtis says. \u201cMy father was asking the locals why the water\u2019s edge had receded so far. They didn\u2019t have an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But soon, there was a surge of water and the reverse happened \u2014 the ocean came back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was like filling your bathtub, and the force of water was coming fast toward us,\u201d Curtis remembers. \u201cMy dad grabbed me by my t-shirt, and we let the water kind of carry us. It took us to my mom and my siblings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, Curtis calmly describes the tsunami, but he very distinctly remembers the chaos that followed. The family\u2019s hotel had been turned into a rescue center, offering people medical attention, water and food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was overwhelming \u2014 it is staying with me.,\u201d he says. \u201cBut my family was lucky, since our concern was staying hydrated.Tthe weather was very hot. I do remember other people in panic, because most everyone was separated from their family members. They had lacerations or cuts, but they were more focused on if someone had seen their son or daughter or their husband or wife. Everyone was just trying to help each other and stay as calm as possible. There were injured people everywhere, sleeping on the pool chairs and on the floors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curtis\u2019 standing on the climate crisis hasn\u2019t been affected by the family\u2019s tsunami experience or other recent climate and weather disasters closer to home. For the past 12 years, the Curtis family has lived in the San Diego area, where wildfires are very common. Indeed, Curtis has seen neighbors\u2019 houses burn on several occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not incredibly educated in terms of climate change,\u201d Curtis admits. \u201cI\u2019m not 100 percent convinced that people are using and abusing the environment and that it has dramatic effect on weather and climate. I do agree [though] that we should be doing everything we can to minimize and reduce the amount of negative effects on the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for his own future, Curtis credits his international experience with having some impact on his career choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want to work for the federal government \u2014 the FBI or I was thinking about serving in the military,\u201d he says. \u201cI might be more drawn to these careers after living internationally and having grown my love for America. And, I think that my experience with the tsunami also affects my thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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