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Content creator Meghan McTavish is recalling how she and her family survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

She tells PEOPLE that the recent alerts in Hawaii made her look back on her own harrowing experience

“You kind of imagine a tsunami will come in like a roar and be loud, but it was very eerily calm. Just steady and relentless,” she said

When content creator Meghan McTavish saw recent tsunami alerts in Hawaii , it struck a chord — bringing back memories she thought she’d long buried.

The 40-year-old Gold Coast, Australia, resident was suddenly flooded with vivid recollections of Christmas 2004, when she and her family were vacationing in Thailand during the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami , which killed over 5,000 people and left over 3,000 mi

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