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To: gandalftb
Not a record.

The biggest ever in a tropical storm was "The biggest recorded by a buoy (as of 2011) was 32.3 m (106 ft) high during the 2007 typhoon Krosa near Taiwan.[13] " Wikipedia

The biggest non-storm wave: "An earthquake followed by a landslide in 1958 in Alaska’s Lituya Bay generated a wave 100 feet high, the tallest tsunami ever documented. When the wave ran ashore, it snapped trees 1,700 feet upslope. Five deaths were recorded, but property damage was minimal because there were few cities or towns nearby." Simthsonian Institute

29 posted on 09/12/2018 10:09:06 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

“A fact not known to many is the highest wave ever recorded struck in Trinidad on December 31, 1913. Lighthouse Keeper, Fred Harrington, was performing his duties in the lighthouse perched 196 feet above sea level during a ferocious winter storm. As he turned to wipe the lantern room windows, he observed “a sea of unusual height”. In his words, “ The sea itself fell onto the top of the bluff and struck the tower on a level with the balcony, making a terrible jar.” The spray flew forty feet above the crest. The lens was thrown off level by the wave but the plucky Mr. Harrington had the light back in operation in a half an hour. Harrington also recorded observing waves crashing over nearby Pilot Rock (103 feet) - known as “a perfect 10 over Pilot” these days.”

http://trinidad-ca.com/discover/lighthouses.html


45 posted on 09/12/2018 10:21:47 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Here is a buoy that you can call up that is about right in the path of the storm.

Check this link tomorrow early.

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41002


48 posted on 09/12/2018 10:24:19 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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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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