What is the likely method of surviving a Tsunami in a city?

After asking this question, What's the worst natural disaster that could hit New York City in our lifetime, it looks like the most popular answer was a Tsunami. A tsunami, however, from the sources of the most devastating ones could completely obliterate the city which makes me feel like it's not realistic to expect survivors.

However, if there were survivors, what methods would likely have been used for them to survive?

Being in a really tall building? On a ship? I imagine anyone on low ground is a goner. Perhaps depending on how bad the Tsunami is, the center-most land of the island is safer than the coasts?

Reading the Prologue in Maze Runner, they basically survive a Tsunami because they just happen across an ex-military guy who knew about the impending disaster and leads them out of the subway before they drown and into the tallest building in the city. They eventually leave this tall building when someone happens to pass by with a ship and tries to rob them which was a total stroke of luck. Is this... realistic?

References: http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Tsunami

posted over 9 years ago

KaguraRap‭

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