November 18th, 1929.
Can Celia find the courage to help her injured loved ones? Will help arrive before it\'s too late Based on the true story of an earthquake that shook Newfoundland\'s Burin Peninsula, A Terrible Tide tells the tale of this forgotten disaster from the point of view of a young girl whose life is turned upside down..
Their house destroyed and village in ruins, Celia and her family must band together and share the work needed for the community to survive.
With their only phone line cut off and no safe route to get help, they are isolated and facing a long, cold, hungry winter.
Buildings, boats, and winter supplies of fish and food are washed away, and Celia and her community are devastated.
A few hours later, the sea water disappears from the harbor, only to rush back in a wave almost 30 feet high, destroying nearly everything in its path.
It\'s an earthquake, rumbling under the Atlantic Ocean.
In her small village in Newfoundland, Celia is setting the table for her 13th birthday celebration when the house starts to shake.
November 18th, 1929
