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: On Jan 28, 6:12*pm, larry wrote: An excellent TV documentary from Canadian Broadcasting has been posted to alt.binaries.multimedia.documentaries every sailor should watch.....It's 4 5 minutes long, with no spam, of course.. Fantastic research is going on as these massive waves are far more numerou s than ever thought! Humm, maybe they are not as Rogue and unpredictable as most people are led to belive......................... Bob Two ocean liners rounding South America were hit by rogue waves very closely. So, the researchers turned the radar satellite on the area and found TEN rogue waves in ONE DAY! They also pose the question, is this what causes the sinking rates without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle...also a hotbed of rogue wave activity! Until very very recently, mariners never said they were hit by a rogue wave for fear of being labeled crazy or some stupid, superstitious nonsense. Now, reports are coming in from all over the globe! While I was watching it, I thought back to all those hours in moderately low seas I've sat staring at the radar scope, alone in the cockpit.....What if....?? |
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