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reply to post by Phage
Not often. They are called rogue waves.
how often do you see a 26 feet wave
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by Phage
Not often. They are called rogue waves.
Ya I agree with you Phage. I wonder why they didn't refer to them as such in the article?
how often do you see a 26 feet wave
Everytime I watch 5 0
[edit on 3-3-2010 by randyvs]
reply to post by Phage
The deaths and injuries were caused by the waves breaking through windows on the forward part of Deck 5. Whether or not it "should" have happened really is irrelevant. It did.
Bet the relatives of the two dead people figure that it was a killer.
Originally posted by iMacFanatic
whether the ship was docked or at sea a 26 foot wave should probably been more of a nuisance than anything else. Not a killer certainly.
Originally posted by randy vs
On a cruise ship none the less. So here is the link. What was the cause of this now? 26 ft waves struck a cruise liner killing two people.
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Credit sunny bunny.
[edit on 3-3-2010 by randy vs]
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by sunnybunny
Well that's not very sunny...bunny.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by randyvs
Storm seas are generally shorter wavelength (steeper) than swells. It takes a while for the seas which develop in a storm to change into long wavelength swells.
With long (though high) swells, a ship can easily ride up and over. With steep storm seas, the ship is more likely to plow straight into an oncoming wave rather than over the top of it.
Seeing a rogue wave turn over a crab boat on Deadliest Catch two or three seasons ago was pretty neat.