To: Grendel9
![](http://graphics10.nytimes.com/images/2006/07/10/science/11wave.2a.jpg)
![](http://graphics10.nytimes.com/images/2006/07/11/science/11wave.1.395.jpg)
STORM SURGE The chief engineer of the Stolt Surf took photographs as the tanker met a rogue wave in 1977. The deck, nearly 75 feet above sea level, was submerged.
5 posted on
07/11/2006 8:12:10 AM PDT by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: finnman69
That's it. I'm never even going to the beach again.
That is one scarey set of photos.
To: finnman69
Given those pictures, the ship was well-named...
To: finnman69
There was a scene in the 2006 version of Deadliest Catch, where a fishing ship was hit by a 65 foot wave. It put the vessel on its side. The camera man must have soiled himself.
To: finnman69
more crap your pants pics
![](http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/perfectstorm/rogue_wave2.jpg)
Rogue wave estimated at 60 feet moving away from ship after crashing into it a short time earlier. In the Gulf Stream off of Charleston, South Carolina, with light winds of 15 knots.
![](http://happycarpenter.blogs.com/the_happy_carpenter/images/rogue_wave-thumb.jpg)
![](http://www.financialsense.com/series2/images/rogue_waveESA.jpg)
![](http://www.divinewindbook.com/figures/images/image083.jpg)
38 posted on
07/11/2006 9:44:36 AM PDT by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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