Ship-sinking monster waves revealed by ESA satellites

European Space Agency ^ | 7/21/04

[uglybiker]

PING

[little jeremiah]

Bummer, I already hate flying and now giant waves! I guess I'll have to walk everywhere.

[uglybiker]

Link to larger images.

[GVnana]

"The same phenomenon could have sunk many less lucky vessels: two large ships sink every week on average,

I had no idea.

[bd476]

Great find UB. BTTT.

[COEXERJ145]

We need to stop Michael Mooron from doing any more belly flops into the ocean.

[uglybiker]

Or Rosie O'Donnell, or Linda Ronstadt, or Margaret Cho, or......

[bd476]

Rogue waves and tsunamis don't appear to be related but maybe they should be. Currents and eddies seem to be partial cause of rogue waves and earthquakes cause tsunamis.

Wonder what would happen if a major earthquake coincided with adverse weather, currents and eddies.

[kb2614]

Bush's fault.

[uglybiker]

Sandy Berger inadvertently stuffed a rougue wave inside his pants.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

"Rogue" waves? Which means that the UN won't do anything about them.

[norraad]

All proof we're still knuckle dragging cavemen when comes to really understanding weather patterns with respect to relationships within the earth.

With one exception;

Thomas Gold

He seems to a bit ahead of the pack in understanding;

THE DEEP HOT BIOSPHERE

Read his books!

[Porterville]

harmonics

[Mariner]

I first heard of these in the Navy.

A young officer was on the bridge scanning the horizon with binocculars.......I asked what he was looking for as we were 100's, if not 1000's of miles from nothing in the central Pacific. The radar techs in CiC would alert us to any approaching vessels.

And he told me about the "great waves" that have been dismissed by science throughout the modern era. Enormous, fast moving and not necessarily parallel to the surrounding seas. They sometimes appear suddenly. Sailors have known of them for ever. This statement received concurrance from the XO who was also on the bridge and it started me looking into it.

About 3-4 years later, on another ship (USS Benjamin Stoddert) we just skirted (about 60 deg vs 90) an 80 foot wave in stormy seas in the NW Pacific. The surrounding sea-state averaged 20-25 feet. I saw BLUE WATER smash over the bow and into the bridge before it broke white. That white water splashed us on the signal bridge.

Of course that DDG just sliced on through..........minus many antenae, a boat and most of everything else not below decks. It's an amazing sight if you live to tell about it:)

[Cold Heart]

"Once dismissed as a nautical myth"
"helped convert previously skeptical scientists"
I think these were the same guys working on the global warming thing. What an arrogant bunch. Why believe experienced ships officers trained in ocean meteorology who are out there observing when you can form your own theory without observing.

"Rare photo" The photo may be rare but I've seen my share of waves that looked exactly like that. White water on deck is ok but the green water got scary (solid water). Salmon across the deck.

[BunnySlippers]

I just saw this on Drudge and had to save it to my "archives".

[Oldexpat]

We ran into a really big,,maybe rouge wave out on the New England banks. The wave shattered the bridge glass on the ship(DD-765 Keppler) and took most everything off the bow..lifelines, stantions etc. It moved Mount 52 back about 18" and opened a smile in the deck which got the Chief's quarters very wet. We lost all power, the gyro tumbled. The bridge height was 45ft. above the water line.

[bd476]

Thanks for the book recommendation, Norraad.

Here's the latest big quake in Japan:

Magnitude 6.2 - RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
2004 July 22 09:45:17 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A strong earthquake occurred at 09:45:17 (UTC) on Thursday, July 22, 2004. The magnitude 6.2 event has been located in the RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

6.2 Quake Ryukyu Islands, Japan

[Straight Vermonter]