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Hurricane Florence generating enormous waves up to 83 feet high
The Virginian-Pilot ^ | 9/12/18 | staff

Posted on 09/12/2018 9:45:20 AM PDT by gandalftb

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To: Kickass Conservative

Is it a Blue Wave?


21 posted on 09/12/2018 10:02:23 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

His best movie role, he was actually very funny.


22 posted on 09/12/2018 10:03:18 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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To: gandalftb

I can’t imagine ANY ship surviving that.


23 posted on 09/12/2018 10:04:24 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: MplsSteve

Well in June/July ‘94 I was on the Independence as OOD with 100-110 MPH winds (ran between two typhoons and the northern one turned back on us) and we had waves breaking over the bow. Granted it was a 60s carrier and not the current super carrier but still....

XO was ticked because I was grinning ear to ear as he was getting sea sick....granted he was a brown shoe....

The small boys took a ton of damage on that one. At least one Japanese destroyer lost a mast, 2 sonar domes lost.

We lost the rescue helo... set it down too late as winds picked up...was too high to fold the blades back and ended up breaking the stay for the forward blade and completely bent it back over airframe.


24 posted on 09/12/2018 10:04:37 AM PDT by reed13k
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To: gandalftb

Since it’s turning Sough... We’re leaving tomorrow morning.


25 posted on 09/12/2018 10:04:38 AM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 ( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001

Sough = South. lol.


26 posted on 09/12/2018 10:05:10 AM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 ( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
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To: Vic S
That's why the big wave guys use jet skis to get towed in. 👹👍🏼🇺🇸
27 posted on 09/12/2018 10:08:11 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: COBOL2Java

Get those babies out of the way of this killer hurricane!


28 posted on 09/12/2018 10:08:53 AM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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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: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It’s 0bama’s economy, and President Trump’s climate, all at the same time, according to Bezos’ NewsLiars at the Washingsnot Pest.


30 posted on 09/12/2018 10:09:27 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: COBOL2Java

We went on a beach vacation & my nieces were 2 & 3. A hurricane* was approaching - at the time, nowhere near as dangerous as this one & we likely would have been fine, but we evacuated. My brother said putting little kids like that in danger was something he could not do - if it was just himself, then he would stay, but he could not guarantee he could keep them safe if something bad happened. This mother is making a terrible mistake, IMO - I hope she doesn’t pay a severe price for deliberately keeping her small kids in harm’s way. The house means NOTHING when compared to the value of human life.

*This was Hurricane Bob [1991] - just brushed the Outer Banks of NC (where we were vacationing), then went on to become one of the costliest hurricanes in New England history.


31 posted on 09/12/2018 10:09:31 AM PDT by Qiviut (McCain & Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP!)
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To: gandalftb

Yowsa!

That’s enough to knock Maxine Waters’ James Brown wig clean off!


32 posted on 09/12/2018 10:09:42 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Do those kids have a dad? If so, where the heck is he?!


33 posted on 09/12/2018 10:10:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: vpintheak

Sounds like our Outer Banks timeshares are in jeopardy. But more important, lives may be lost if people choose not to evacuate.


34 posted on 09/12/2018 10:12:17 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: reed13k
Rode some nasty stuff in the North Atlantic on a destroyer escort. Later tail end of a hurricane in the gulf on a reserve training destroyer. Reserves had a tough time with it. Me? 😂🌊👍🏼🇺🇸
35 posted on 09/12/2018 10:12:39 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: gandalftb

I am sure I saw bigger traversing the Pacific


36 posted on 09/12/2018 10:13:22 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: COBOL2Java

Somebody ought to tell her about the folks who had decided to have a Hurricane Party in Galveston when Camille hit.


37 posted on 09/12/2018 10:13:32 AM PDT by Dawn53Fl
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
See, see! If we hadn’t pull out of the Paris Climate agreement this wouldn’t be happening!

Don't forget the other major factors to contribute to the weather disaster. The Trump tax cuts that only benefitted the rich and the Kavanaugh nomination both helped a lot. Also, don't forget racism!

38 posted on 09/12/2018 10:14:01 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: gandalftb

Don’t hear anything about this on the MSM. The waves could be the least of problems.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-09-11-fukushima-twelve-nuclear-power-plants-in-the-path-of-hurricane-florence.html


39 posted on 09/12/2018 10:14:06 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Trump: America First. Obama: Quran First. Clintons: Our Money First)
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To: painter

I’ve seen 25ft waves up close and personal, but never 80+ft waves, and I don’t want to.

I don’t think the state should have power to take children from their parents except in very rare circumstances. The lady who intends to stay on the each with her 3 little ones qualifies in my opinion, at least for the duration of this storm. If she refuses to have mercy on those kids, and go with them to a potentially safer place, then leave her there to bunk in with the other foolish neighbors. She is severely risking children’s lives for no good reason. She doesn’t have the right to do that in the face of 80+ft waves.

That water could easily get sucked out as the storm approaches only to form tidal wave type activity as it replenishes.

Those kids are scared, and the trauma to them if they survive can last a lifetime.

That lady is in denial.


40 posted on 09/12/2018 10:14:31 AM PDT by PrairieLady2
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