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The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record Was Just Confirmed in The North Pacific
MSN ^ | 2/13/2022 | Carly Cassella

Posted on 02/14/2022 7:34:48 AM PST by logi_cal869

In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet).

The four-story wall of water has now been confirmed as the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded.

Such an exceptional event is thought to occur only once every 1,300 years. And unless the buoy had been taken for a ride, we might never have known it even happened.

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: climate; roguewaves; weather
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To: TexasGator

41 posted on 02/14/2022 9:14:04 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I believe you’re referring to the trough theory (the ship was so long...and heavy) which broke its keel. My memory is fuzzy.

Applicable, certainly.


42 posted on 02/14/2022 9:27:30 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: TexasGator

Ahh yes...the WAVES...:)

(adapted to “I Wish I Was Back in The Army”)
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There’s a lot to be said for the Navy
A gal was never lost for company

A million handsome guys
With longing in their eyes
And all you had to do was pick the age, the weight, the size
Oh, gee, I wish I was back in the Navy


43 posted on 02/14/2022 9:35:21 AM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: rlmorel

“Oh, gee, I wish I was back in the Navy”

Lots of fun times but once finally out I never wished I was back ...


44 posted on 02/14/2022 9:38:16 AM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: TexasGator
I always admired this Marine who was gamely batting out of his league...


45 posted on 02/14/2022 9:39:05 AM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: rlmorel

“I always admired this Marine who was gamely batting out of his league...”

Had a fun time for a few months with a really nice ‘wave’. Ended when she got assigned to an admiral ...


46 posted on 02/14/2022 9:43:52 AM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: TexasGator
I also admired this guy, who appears to be more of a gentleman than I suspect I could be if I were in war zone...

Of course in her case with a tall lug like him, she would be saying "Hey! My eyes are down here!"

47 posted on 02/14/2022 9:47:04 AM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: TexasGator

Hahahahahahaha...another case of RHIP...:)


48 posted on 02/14/2022 9:47:41 AM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: rlmorel

“Hahahahahahaha...another case of RHIP...:)”

We did do some clubbing in D.C. but the commute into D.C. was not fun.


49 posted on 02/14/2022 9:53:52 AM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
...satellites blew it away, documenting dozens of super waves every day around the world.

That they did, and confirmed a number of long-suspected problem areas where wave fronts collide. It wasn't just sailors telling tall tales; in fact, it wasn't even just sailors. A friend who used to work on a NOAA ship tells the story of a PhD oceanographer who almost came to blows with a shoreside colleague who told him he couldn't have seen what he saw.

50 posted on 02/14/2022 10:08:05 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: logi_cal869

https://www.fox21online.com/2020/11/11/rogue-wave-may-have-led-to-edmund-fitzgeralds-demise/


51 posted on 02/14/2022 10:16:47 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: Skwor

I’m just busting your chops I’m king of the spelling boo boos here


52 posted on 02/14/2022 10:29:56 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I hung out at the “wedge” sneaker wave city


53 posted on 02/14/2022 10:33:21 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Skwor

Shackleton survived a 100 footer during his small boat journey to South Georgia.


54 posted on 02/14/2022 10:51:44 AM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Biden/Harris press events are called dodo ops )
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To: al baby

You really have to pick your waves at the Wedge. I remember hanging back beyond the surf line, waiting for a wave that wasn’t a wall. When the waves crashed, it felt like an earthquake.

I read that John Wayne injured his shoulder bodysurfing the Wedge which led to his losing his football scholarship at USC which lead to his acting career going from part time to full time.


55 posted on 02/14/2022 2:06:26 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: al baby

I learned to bodysurf in Newport Beach when I was 11 years old. We were renting a place on the beach during the summer. There was a storm off Baja and the waves were ten feet high. The Wedge, however, was a whole new ballgame for me.


56 posted on 02/14/2022 2:09:20 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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