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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 04:26 AM
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Huge waves spotted from space
The shady phenomenon of freak waves as tall as 10 storey buildings has finally been proved, the European Space Agency (Esa) said on Wednesday.


Sailors often whisper of monster waves when ships sink mysteriously but, until now, no one quite believed them.

As part of a project called MaxWave - which was set up to test the rumours - two Esa satellites surveyed the oceans.

During a three week period they detected 10 giant waves, all of which were over 25m (81ft) high.

more:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3917539.stm
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Political Heretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 04:34 AM
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1. Holy crap.
Cool.
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Ghost Dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 04:46 AM
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2. Yup. Every ocean sailor knows,
should know, these wild cards exist with certain frequency.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 06:34 AM
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3. They caught one on videotape whiling taping 'Deadliest Catch'
it damn near took the boat that hit to the bottom. All you see on the tape is a wall of water out of nowhere and then all hell breaks loose. Pretty remarkable, IMO.
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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 08:43 AM
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12. found the tape - WOW i hadnt seen this AMAZING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_8hOai9hGQ
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starroute Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 03:27 PM
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16. "That was gnarley, dude!"
You get hit by a monster wave and all you can think of to say is, "That was gnarley, dude"?

I guess.
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 10:33 PM
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23. I think you have to be a certain kind of crazy....
To do that kind of job...
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 05:59 AM
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24. Adrenaline
That's a common reaction to a sudden life threatening situation when your adrenaline has shot through the roof.
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Veruca Salt Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-27-09 12:47 PM
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25. bookmarking to watch after work
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:01 AM
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4. What makes them even worse is that, while normal waves have a gentle curvature,
Edited on Sat Aug-22-09 07:02 AM by Joe Chi Minh
a swell, these waves are relatively thin as well as being very high, and have a trough in front of them - just in case the crash into the wave isn't enough to sink you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0id8HE1PHg
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Chemisse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:39 AM
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5. That is very cool they can see these now - nt
Edited on Sat Aug-22-09 07:41 AM by Chemisse
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newfie11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:42 AM
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6. That settles it
I am not going on a ship
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 12:06 PM
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15. Airplanes are as bad...
Worse when the giant waves of air are invisible!

I keep my seatbelt buckled at all times and hope I'm not in the bathroom.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:43 AM
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7. Wow. It's better to be a submariner...
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:46 AM
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8. Hiya, Captain! Is that your old boat?
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:59 AM
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9. My dad's! USS SEA ROBIN, aka The Bobbin' Robin...
Full on four the fastest boat outta Groton, even on the way to the scrap yard.
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 08:06 AM
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10. I THOUGHT that was a GUPPY'd Fleet boat...
Very cool!:thumbsup::hi:
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 08:09 AM
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11. Back at you. I actually got to go for a ride on one outta Key West.
It was pretty damned cool.

Two of the Robin's sister ships are STILL in service with Taiwan. Evidently, they're in near mint condition:

Bilt Tuff:

http://www.maritime.org/taiwan/photo.htm
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 11:39 AM
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13. VERY damned cool! I'm a naval history buff...
Amazing that fleet boats designed for 20-30 service have doubled their lifespan, isn't it?
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 12:02 PM
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14. Check out CROAKER in Buffalo or REQUIN in Pittsburgh.
Some aspects of them are oddly over-engineered. Some, such as TORSK in Baltimore went to 800 feet and lived to tell!
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 01:54 PM
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19. I served on an FBM back in the 70's.
During some of the winter storms in the north Atlantic we were sucked up from 200 ft all the way to the surface by large waves. It didn't happen often but if we made a change in direction and got caught by one sideways it would pull us up. We were still rocked considerably by them even down to 400 ft.
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Polemicist Donating Member (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 05:23 AM
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17. That article is over 4 years old...
Anything new on the subject?
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centristgrandpa Donating Member (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 12:13 PM
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18. holy sand dollars batman...
Nova (pbs) did a segment dealing with rogue waves, those in the field of quantum mechanics predicted these events but many in science brush their (QM) findings as nonsense. Math is the answer!

http://www.damninteresting.com/monster-rogue-waves
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:55 PM
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20. Hah... I was just about to mention that...
Edited on Mon Aug-24-09 04:23 PM by redqueen
that they were explained by QM before video proof was available. Good stuff.
http://www.physorg.com/news77381892.html
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centristgrandpa Donating Member (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 09:57 PM
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21. the Art of probability is an understatement....
The accuracy with QM is second to none!
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 10:31 PM
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22. Lots of interesting reading on this thread...
Thanks for sharing! :)
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