What the hell ia a rogue wave'?

[William769]

[The Straight Story]

1. One that failed to register with the government (nt)

[bobbolink]

2. A cheer in the grandstands for Failin' Palin?

Oh, wait.. that would be rouge wave... my mistake.

[William769]

6. Shame on you!

I was drinking a pepsi when I read your post.

:toast:

[bobbolink]

7. I'm DU's resident troublemaker.

Its my job.

How am I doing?

:rofl:

[William769]

11. I'll let you know after my nose stops burning.

[bobbolink]

13. Whew! At least I don't owe you a keyboard.

Sorry about the nose thing, though.

It'll be a reminder of Sarah.

~~guffaw~~

"That damned teabagger gave me a pain in the nose!"

[Poll_Blind]

3. A "freak" wave. The giant waves mariners have talked about for years.

They have only just recently been confirmed. If you Wiki it you can find a great deal of interesting information on the subject along with some startling information gleaned from a European satellite about the frequency of these monster waves.

PB

[William769]

8. Thanks.

I live on the West coast of Florida and their is a news article about one that capsized a boat off of Boca Grande. As long as I have lived here (1976) I have never heard of one.

[Poll_Blind]

14. You can also find some excellent YouTube videos showing first-hand...

...experiences with rogue waves.

PB

[Snoutport]

4. a big wave that sort of comes out of nowhere

and they carry a lot of debris sometimes that make them double dangerous

[Duer 157099]

5. A giant wave that comes seemingly out of nowhere

and envelopes whatever is in their path. Ships are lost to these.

[Lint Head]

9. When someone who quit as governor of Alaska waves at you.

[cali]

10. here you go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave

[William769]

12. Thanks for the link.

I posted this in another post (I live on the West coast of Florida and their is a news article about one that capsized a boat off of Boca Grande. As long as I have lived here (1976) I have never heard of one.) Is why I was asking.

[shraby]

15. The movie The Poseidon Adventure was about such a

wave.

[InvisibleTouch]

17. And I think at the end of "The Perfect Storm"...

...(sorry, minor spoiler) .....








...the boat was taken out by a rogue wave. It wasn't in the book, though.

[chaska]

16. Answer: the angry hand of Gaia.

[eppur_se_muova]

18. I saw a program on rogue waves on PBS or NatGeo, can't find the link now ...

National Weather Service has a page including "rouge" waves :D http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/ocean/waves.htm

[divvy]

19. With statistical analysis .....

you need to be prepared to throw out about 5% of the results because they can be "off the charts" crazy. The somewhat random action of waves in the ocean can create extraordinarily large waves when currents, amplitudes, and speeds fall into place. Some waves, detected by satellite, appear over 100 feet tall when ordinary physics would place the maximum somewhere 60 to 80 feet.