QM and the Ocean

Re: QM and the Ocean Posted by Tracer Bullet on Fri Jul 23rd 2004 at 12:43am

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Check this out. It's pretty amazing.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/freakwave.shtml

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//edit no more picture. you were right about the size. it's available at that link anyway.

Re: QM and the Ocean Posted by Gwil on Fri Jul 23rd 2004 at 12:56am

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I think I remember watching this when it was broadcast, tales of ships
being literally smashed, almost as if with a giant fist by these
gargantuan waves :O shows that truly, mother nature is the one true
world superpower.

nice picture, shame about the filsize though.. :wink: might want to optimise it for modemers...

Re: QM and the Ocean Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Fri Jul 23rd 2004 at 1:15am

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Interesting stuff, the BBC website is a great resource. Imagine coming
across one of those in a small boat. I think I'll show this to my
sister to scare her. She's going to start working on a cruise ship. :smile:

Re: QM and the Ocean Posted by Biological Component on Fri Jul 23rd 2004 at 5:19am

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...100 tons of pressure per square meter...

Imagine one of these hitting you if you were swimming.

Re: QM and the Ocean Posted by Tracer Bullet on Fri Jul 23rd 2004 at 5:25am

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f**k swimming. It doesn't sound like it matters much what you are doing! pretty damn scary, but maybe it explains stupid myths like the burmuda triangle.

Re: QM and the Ocean Posted by Biological Component on Fri Jul 23rd 2004 at 5:35am

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Re: QM and the Ocean Posted by wil5on on Fri Jul 23rd 2004 at 8:09am

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rofl! ascii pwnage!

Re: QM and the Ocean Posted by matt on Fri Jul 23rd 2004 at 10:41am

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I remember seeing that one two, very interesting indeed. They put sensors on an oil rig in the north sea to record the average wave height of wave that broke against the rig, and found that in fact these so called once in a century 'freak waves' actually occured quite regulary. Scary stuff.