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Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record
Science Alert ^ | Carly Cassella

Posted on 09/20/2024 2:51:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: Henchster

It was also supposed to make hurricanes and tornadoes and everything else worse. Instead the opposite is happening. EF5 tornadoes have gone extinct for example.


21 posted on 09/20/2024 3:47:01 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: laplata
Back in the day, stationed on a 20,455-ton, 645 ft long vessel with an 85 ft
beam, I had the privilege of riding out a few typhoons in the southern pacific
ocean.

The ship was too massive to remain in port during the blow.

The waves were so high, they seemed as high as the wave mentioned in the
article.

22 posted on 09/20/2024 3:48:44 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: nickcarraway

(some even in lakes)

yup, i’ve lived on Seneca most of my life, and they are not all that uncommon...


23 posted on 09/20/2024 3:52:58 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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"...a 2020 study predicted wave heights in the North Pacific are going to increase with climate change..."

Manbearpig is making waves...


24 posted on 09/20/2024 4:05:59 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Fireone
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record, Fireone wrote:

Surely, this could have been caused by:
Assault rifles
Lack of funding for Education
White Supremacy
Trump
why jump to the conclusion that it was the climate hoax, so quickly?

What about institutional racism, homophobia, and white privilege, you hater?


25 posted on 09/20/2024 4:07:00 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: nickcarraway

Hang ten, surfer dudes!


26 posted on 09/20/2024 4:09:17 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I "earned" the same number of delegates during the primaries in 2020 and 2024 as Harris.)
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To: laplata

Sponge Bob Square Pants!


27 posted on 09/20/2024 4:25:29 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: nickcarraway

The rogue wave was traced to a teen man on a beach, who aimed his AR at a floating soda can 100 yds from shore.


28 posted on 09/20/2024 4:32:19 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: nickcarraway

A normal 12 meter wave would be more than I’d want to deal with. Even if Maureen McGovern was singing in the ship’s lounge.


29 posted on 09/20/2024 4:46:23 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: nickcarraway
Did Pritzker do a cannonball off a pier in California?


30 posted on 09/20/2024 4:58:25 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneoRumors are swirling about Kamala Harris having a serious drinking problem.)
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To: dfwgator

I’m always serious. And don’t call me Shirley.


31 posted on 09/20/2024 4:59:24 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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32 posted on 09/20/2024 5:07:13 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Der Elite Møøsënspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmändø (EMØØK))
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To: nickcarraway

An uncle was in the South Pacific on a navy ship in WW2. He marveled that the waves were 50/70 feet high on more than one occasion. He said this decades ago (before all the global warming push posh).


33 posted on 09/20/2024 5:09:17 PM PDT by dodger
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To: married21

I read an interesting book called “The Wave” by Susan Casey.

I forget why she was interested in rogue waves, but she started out going to various science labs (I think she was a researcher? Maybe just a writer.) Anyway, the first part of the book is her going to labs around the world.

At one of the labs the scientist told her that if she REALLY wanted to research waves and find the biggest one she should meet some surfers.

Most of the book is about her getting deeper and deeper into the surfing realm. Criss-crossing the world with surfers as they try to find the ultimate wave to ride. The surfing community has it’s own weather forecasters that post detailed conditions.

“So - do we go with the chance of an 80-foot wave in Madacasgar based on spotty information or to Australia for a 90% chance at 50 foot waves??” (Or some-such thing).

I was surprised how much I enjoyed the book. Not caring too much about the ocean, surfing, or waves for that matter!


34 posted on 09/20/2024 5:10:25 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: 21twelve; married21

Well - I do enjoy treasure hunting stories. That may be why I liked it - hunting the elusive monster wave. And lots of stories of such previous waves.


35 posted on 09/20/2024 5:12:04 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: nickcarraway

You gotta hit ‘em just right.


36 posted on 09/20/2024 5:20:21 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: chief lee runamok

If you were in the Navy, you probably heard about Admiral Halsey’s typhoons during the war.


37 posted on 09/20/2024 5:31:33 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: nickcarraway

Fauci says if you lockdown for two months these rogue waves will go away.


38 posted on 09/20/2024 6:39:15 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: nickcarraway

Read Waves And Beaches by Willard Bascom, father of modern oceanography

https://www.amazon.com/Waves-Beaches-Powerful-Dynamics-Coast/dp/B09Y6TBV8C/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

One of the dangers of rogue waves is that they have the same period and wavelength as other waves in their set while having over double+ their amplitude. It makes for an extremely steep, dangerous wave face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nydwk87iEuM

Respect.


39 posted on 09/20/2024 7:29:48 PM PDT by nagant
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The rest of the 'roguewave' keyword, sorted:

40 posted on 09/20/2024 7:33:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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