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Hurricane Florence generating enormous waves up to 83 feet high
The Virginian-Pilot ^ | 9/12/18 | staff

Posted on 09/12/2018 9:45:20 AM PDT by gandalftb

Wave heights to 83 ft were measured early this morning by satellite altimeter under the northeast quadrant of Hurricane Florence. These enormous waves are produced by being trapped along with very strong winds moving in the same direction as the storm's motion.

Some strengthening is forecast through Wednesday night, drawing energy from the warm water. Its winds could approach Category 5 strength, which means winds of 157 mph or higher.

(Excerpt) Read more at pilotonline.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: hurricaneflorence; hurricanes
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To: Bell Bouy II

Wow, what a site. I should be working, you know!


61 posted on 09/12/2018 10:38:17 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Fair Paul

He was good in falcon and the snow man


62 posted on 09/12/2018 10:41:07 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: chrisser

If the waves are 83 feet in the open ocean, won’t they typically increase in size when they get to shore?

(I’m in flyover country so have no direct experience with ocean wave behavior)


Not in the east coast, the continental shelf will slow the swells way down. If they were to hit Hawaii or most of California they’d be huge.


63 posted on 09/12/2018 10:43:05 AM PDT by Vic S
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Yep, it’s all Trump ‘s fault!


64 posted on 09/12/2018 10:43:56 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: COBOL2Java

Well, lady, 83 is a big number.


65 posted on 09/12/2018 10:45:10 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: gandalftb
My USMC son and his wife, who live 24 miles from the coast (but pret'near the Neuces River) in New Bern NC are bugging out. to Aunt Linda and Uncle Greg's, way inland.

Where do the hummingbirds go in a hurricane?

66 posted on 09/12/2018 10:45:19 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Enquiring minds want to know.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I remember about fifty years ago the East Coast was so dry the people were praying for a hurricane. That was the year the Everglades dried up.


67 posted on 09/12/2018 10:47:56 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: COBOL2Java

Have fun.


68 posted on 09/12/2018 10:47:58 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: mewzilla

He’s outnumbered?


69 posted on 09/12/2018 10:48:29 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: gandalftb

Yikes!


70 posted on 09/12/2018 10:48:43 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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To: gandalftb
Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Hortatio.


71 posted on 09/12/2018 10:49:21 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

https://www.perkypet.com/articles/hummingbirds-hurricanes-and-storms


72 posted on 09/12/2018 10:49:29 AM PDT by Ingtar
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To: Rennes Templar

My neighbor just this morning asked me if I had heard anything on the news about that.


73 posted on 09/12/2018 10:52:53 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: MplsSteve

Watched some show on a big cargo container sinking in the Pacific. They figured it caught between on super rogue wave and snapped the keel in half. Picture a large cantilevered beam hanging from the top of a hundred foot wave...


74 posted on 09/12/2018 10:53:06 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: gandalftb

Holy cow!


75 posted on 09/12/2018 10:53:53 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Washover scar from the Lituya Bay landside tsunami.


76 posted on 09/12/2018 10:54:56 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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To: Bell Bouy II

Very interesting.


77 posted on 09/12/2018 10:55:47 AM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~ There needs to be a quieting of the screaming lambs.)
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To: Vic S; chrisser
Not in the east coast, the continental shelf will slow the swells way down. If they were to hit Hawaii or most of California they’d be huge.

Example: I'm in Hobe Sound FL east coast, we have to go out 26 miles to reach deep water fishing (1,000-2,000 ft). It can be 45 feet deep for several miles before you get to the 100's.

Now the Bahama's are only 56 miles out from our inlet.
78 posted on 09/12/2018 10:57:03 AM PDT by VastRWCon (LARGE PRINT GIVE IT, small print take it away.)
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To: Rennes Templar
That's a cute, alarming link and all, and you may feel really important posting that, but...
What is never mentioned or referenced is...

How many hours/days/weeks/years does it take to safely totally shut down this type of plant?

79 posted on 09/12/2018 10:58:51 AM PDT by publius911 (Rule by Fiat-Obama's a Phone and a Pen)
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To: Vic S

So is that why California has better waves?


80 posted on 09/12/2018 10:59:52 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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