Wow...
I have a question though... about midway through he say "Oiy, Oiy, Oiy" and points out to the water. It looks like a small boat with people in it is fighting hard against the current to save themselves.
Am I seeing that correctly?
I never get tired of hearing that!HDSilverstreak is also correct.
You are correct.
At 2:55 the guy off camera says, "Hey hey hey... there's a person over there.." and the guy points and says "A person!"
Basically the announcer is repeatedly saying what you would expect from a public warning system, the Cliff Notes version being, "There is a huge tsunami coming, get away from the bay area, escape to higher ground, ..!" He actually says, "...please walk..." in his spiel. HDSilverstreak is also correct. It is a recording. The speech after the second horn is exactly the same as the first, which is why the language that the announcer uses is super polite speech called keigo. In English he would be saying something along the lines of, "We kindly ask that you please escape to higher ground." This is probably the most OMGWTFSHTF situation anyone in that area has ever seen, and he is calmly talking in the same manner as a waiter at a restaurant asking, "May I please take your order?" --> "May I kindly ask you to make your way in the opposite direction away from the worst disaster that has hit this country in recorded history?"
Of course this is better than having somebody in blind panic mode getting on there and screaming/babbling incoherently, which is why they undoubtedly have an automated recording doing the work. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!
What caught my attention was the people on the top of the other building. I wonder how he and the cameraman all got out.
lots of house boats in that video
I wonder if it was a prerecorded message. I could have sworn I heard "Godzilla" at least two times in that announcement.