No expert, but observation(s)
Willing to be corrected where I'm wrong.
Puket Thailand as well as Sri Lanka etc.
Above sea level
Mostly rural (Puket being a resort area)
Tsunami is comes very fast (up to 500mph) and low, until it hits shore.
Then the energy transforms to height and force.
Rapid wall of water which crushes structures.
New Orleans
Below sea level
Dense urban area, structures and population.
Flood ... slower, but doesn't receed.
Populations.
Purely guessing here, one more "self reliant" than another ?
Here in America, rightly or wrongly, citizens have "expectations" of govenment.
This affects perceptions of what is/should be done.
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