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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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That's 83 feet from peak to trough and ties a world record.
The altimeter measured no less than 59 foot waves in the same pass.
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:45:20 AM PDT
by
gandalftb
To: gandalftb
Wow. Hold on tight east coasters!
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:46:42 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
To: gandalftb
See, see! If we hadn’t pull out of the Paris Climate agreement this wouldn’t be happening!
To: vpintheak
Holy Kowabunga!
I hope Carolina’s don’t tip over.
To: All
Yikes, I’d hate to see what a wave like that could do to one of those ocean-going cargo ships!
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:49:56 AM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
🏄. You know somebody will be on the Carolina coast someplace looking for some rideable surf. Cowabunga dudes!
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:50:10 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: gandalftb
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:52:40 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: MplsSteve
Mercedes and BMWs washing up on the shore tomorrow!
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:53:33 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: rktman
You’d never make it out. All shorebreak and whitewater.
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:53:38 AM PDT
by
Vic S
To: gandalftb
Wow, anyone know how POTUS Trump was able to produce Waves that high?
I don’t think the Bush-Rove Weather Machine could have pulled that off.
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:53:42 AM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: gandalftb
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:54:37 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
To: woodbutcher1963
“I hope Carolina’s don’t tip over.”
lol Nice!
To: woodbutcher1963
Hank Johnsonisms are no longer funny with more embeciles adding to the list in the democrap party lineup.
Waves of fifty feet or more could decimate the Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island, etc.
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:55:31 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: gandalftb
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:56:07 AM PDT
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal)
To: rktman
You just know some idiot(s) will be out there trying it.
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:56:53 AM PDT
by
Qiviut
(McCain & Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP!)
To: gandalftb
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)
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:57:10 AM PDT
by
chrisser
To: gandalftb
Whoa, those are some righteous waves!
To: gandalftb
Trump did it! the wapo says so!
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:57:35 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
To: woodbutcher1963
Don’t worry. They’re holding tight to Georgia and Virginia. ;-)
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:57:41 AM PDT
by
Pecos
(Better the one you have with you than the one you left at home.)
To: gandalftb
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posted on
09/12/2018 9:59:51 AM PDT
by
painter
( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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