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Rogue Giants at Sea
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Posted on 07/11/2006 7:58:14 AM PDT by Grendel9

The storm was nothing special. Its waves rocked the Norwegian Dawn just enough so that bartenders on the cruise ship turned to the usual palliative — free drinks.

Ten, off the coast of Georgia, early on Saturday, April 16, 2005, a giant, seven-story wave appeared out of nowhere. It crashed into the bow, sent deck chairs flying, smashed windows, raced as high as the 10th deck, flooded 62 cabins, injured 4 passengers and sowed widespread fear and panic.

“The ship was like a cork in a bathtub,” recalled Celestine Mcelhatton, a passenger who, along with 2,000 others, eventually made it back to Pier 88 on the Hudson River in Manhattan. Some vowed never to sail again.

Enormous waves that sweep the ocean are traditionally called rogue waves, implying that they have a kind of freakish rarity. Over the decades, skeptical oceanographers have doubted their existence and tended to lump them together with sightings of mermaids and sea monsters.

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


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: monsterwaves; perfectwave; roguewave; roguewaves; tsunami; tsunamis
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To: RightWhale

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/602470/posts
Mystery of monster waves solved


41 posted on 07/11/2006 9:48:45 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: finnman69

I've been in 20 foot seas in a 35 ft sailboat- that was MORE than enough weather to last me a lifetime.

I know some sailors who've seen a couple of monsters..out of nowhere -but these are people who live on their boats and sail around the world- I guess while rare, these events are well-documented over the years.


42 posted on 07/11/2006 9:52:04 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: finnman69

It's kind of interesting that all in all nothing moves in waves. Things go around in little circles, and over time they go nowhere.


43 posted on 07/11/2006 9:53:04 AM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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To: Clara Lou
One would expect more from someone who makes their living with words. Or maybe not, these days.

See tagline.

44 posted on 07/11/2006 9:57:17 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Clara Lou
One would expect more from someone who makes their living with words. Or maybe not, these days.

See tagline.

45 posted on 07/11/2006 9:57:45 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: finnman69
more pics

Preincess Italia

QE2

46 posted on 07/11/2006 9:59:29 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: finnman69
then there are these crazies


47 posted on 07/11/2006 10:05:01 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: finnman69

Thanks for the awesome pics - wow!


48 posted on 07/12/2006 7:25:13 PM PDT by Joan912 (Sshhh - you'll scare all the bugs away!)
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To: finnman69

Interesting read. Thanks.


49 posted on 07/13/2006 7:48:04 AM PDT by Grendel9 (quen)
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