Visitors tend to have a preconceived image of the suffering Tuvalu people, so the appearance of islanders being so relaxed during tsunami alarms often causes some perplexity.
4 小時後警報解除，眾人依然過著舒緩自得的日子，就像海洋依然潮起潮落。」來吐國服務滿一年、歷經 3 次海嘯警報的台灣環保志工吳郁娟如此描述。也許因為既定的「受難」印象在先，吐瓦魯人表現出來的「處變不驚」每每令訪客印象深刻。