Some of the insights from the mapping project include the fact that, even when tsunami warnings had sounded, many of the victims immediately went to their designated community emergency shelter (避難所, hinanjo) rather than seeking high ground, where they would have likely had a better chance of survival.
La cifereca arkivo ankaŭ evidentigas la fakton, ke eĉ kiam sonoris cunamalarmo, multaj viktimoj tuj iris al sia komunuma rifuĝejo, anstataŭ iri al alta loko, kie ili havus pli bonan ŝancon pluvivi.