Imagine this — a clear afternoon in Taipei. The kind of day where everything feels steady, predictable. The smell of food stalls drifts through the air, the hum of scooters blends with the laughter of street vendors, and Taipei 101 pierces the sky above it all, calm and unmoving. Then, without warning, the rhythm changes. A faint tremor rolls beneath your feet, the sound of sirens cuts through the noise, and someone yells from the street — “海嘯要來了!” (“A tsunami is coming!”). You turn toward the K