Hurricane Florence generating enormous waves up to 83 feet high

The Virginian-Pilot ^ | 9/12/18 | staff

[gandalftb]

Wave heights to 83 ft were measured early this morning by satellite altimeter under the northeast quadrant of Hurricane Florence. These enormous waves are produced by being trapped along with very strong winds moving in the same direction as the storm's motion.

Some strengthening is forecast through Wednesday night, drawing energy from the warm water. Its winds could approach Category 5 strength, which means winds of 157 mph or higher.

[mikhailovich]

I guess you could be right. It’d be good if you are.

[Bommer]

Strength in numbers. When 3 of them are kids and girls for that matter, the strength you’ll need is holding the string while flying them as kites. What a moron!

[Vigilanteman]

LOL! I think I got the idea from a National Guard friend, but can't remember for sure.

Did that protocol change more than a few minds about evacuation?

[Ozark Tom]

Richelieu Manor Apartments- Pass Christian, Mississippi.

[tomkat]

Love FR for stories like that .. thanks :-)

[tomkat]

toss her a Sharpie and tell her to write her name and social secutiry number on her arm

Yep

[Rennes Templar]

Google Fukashima.

[tomkat]

Tomorrow morning’s estimate will more than like be C1 or less at landfall

Offer bets on that .. we can end this FReepathon and obviate need for the next one with your payouts  ;-)

[RegulatorCountry]

Oh boy, here they come, the excessively weather involved attacking anyone who dares to say that this is anything less than the storm of the century. Was he “downcasting,” lol? Do you actually believe there are people hanging onto every word on FR and basing their decisions upon opinions expressed here? I don’t.

[Segovia]

mmy best old friend’s daughter lives in a very old, very beautiful house on Okracoke Island. I hope there’s something left for her to go home to-——

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

All I can say an a non-surfer is “SURFS UP AND UP AND UP”!

Take the ride of a lifetime and hope you survive to make it on the video circuit.

[RegulatorCountry]

How do you suppose it got so old? Hazel was far worse than this will be, count on it. That house made it through, and has made it through many storms since.

[upchuck]

Good, interesting information. Thanks!

[AppyPappy]

They tend to survive. I came off Ocracoke on Tuesday

[American Quilter]

I hope all boats have cleared the area.

[FreeReign]

Thanks for the link. I guess the “journey south” is just beginning.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Bump post #48 to save.

[KC Burke]

As you can see by the graph at the bottom of its page, the wave height has tripled to over 21 feet since this morning.

[Captain7seas]

“You’d never make it out. All shorebreak and whitewater”.

LOL. “You’d never make it out” Only a surfer would understand that comment.

[TheConservativeTejano]

Hurricane Florence generating enormous waves up to 83 feet high

Partner, we believe these numbers since Katrina has about a 35' to 40 foot high storm surge in Biloxi, MS.

A lot of folks never talk about the damage that Karina did on the Mississippi coast line and to the Louisiana coast line next to Mississippi.

This storm is bigger than Katrina