JAXAshby wrote:

foot ocean waves were common. We live adjacent to Chesapeake Bay now,
and five foot waves are not common

hoary, don't worry about it. the chesa is too shallow to support five foot
waves that aren't breaking, and breaking waves don't make much distance.

Last year during the hurricane, some Bay towns had four foot waves
breaking on their streets. They moved enough to remove houses from their
foundations.

--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002