Well, what with that Tsunami and the oceans acting up. All those shark off the shores in Florida. Just strange to me.
And I will never look at the ocean the same again after looking at photos of the damage caused by that Tsunami. I never in my life heard of the ocean doing this before. I have 'heard' of them, but now with news coverage and the Internet, we can see the actual damage that they do.
And not living by Cape Hatteras, I am not familiar with the ocean conditions in that area. So thanks for pointing that out.
The weird thing about Tsunamis is that there weren't any large long-range tsunamis for 40 years from 1964 to 2004; normally there should have been one every 10 years.
It's a matter of historical perspective. If tsunami like that happen every 100 years, it is within nobody's living memory, and the Indian Ocean tsunami might have been an every 500 year event.
If you REALLY want to have your hair stand on end check out the thread running that tells about the famous (infamous) typhoon of 1944 in the Pacific, where we lost three destroyers and damaged any number of other surface ships.
Huge waives, winds to 130 MPH, and a barometer that fell to 27.3 inches. That is low; the Beaufort scale meant less than nothing after that.
High seas regards,
Like you...that tsunami scared the heck out of me. The really frightening part being you can look out and see a wave with NO CLUE it COULD be a Tsunami!!! Gives me the chills to think about it.