In the middle of disaster, we sometime hear surprising stories. The tsunami hit many poor people, bur it also hit a large number of tourists. Tilly Smith, ages ten,had been kearning about tsunami in her geography lessons at school in England,before she went to Thailand on holiday with her family. When she saw that the sea was moving quickly back from the beach she immediately recognized the signs of danger. She warned her family and other tourists, and they all left the beach and went to higher land - just in time.