Abnormally large waves.

**Mich the Tester** · 4 March 2010, 12:48

Good job there was a big mother of a ship in the way to stop them.

**DaveB** · 4 March 2010, 13:25

Originally posted by zeitghost View Post

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8548547.stm

26 feet is abnormally large?

I suppose it is the millpond that they call the Med.

It is on the open ocean, unless the weather is extremly bad, and even then thats big. This site has a nice little wave height forcast tool that shows the sort of heights you can expect and it;s easy to see how they follow weather patterns.

Edit :

Here's one for the Med.

**DaveB** · 4 March 2010, 15:00

Originally posted by zeitghost

Now that really is a rogue wave.

Fortunately the alignment of the islands mean it will head for the East Coast USA rather than Europe.

**Menelaus** · 4 March 2010, 15:02

Originally posted by DaveB View Post

Fortunately the alignment of the islands mean it will head for the East Coast USA rather than Europe.

It'd be an interesting academic exercise to work out how big it'd be when it gets to the eastern seaboard - with water depths across the Atlantic wave amplitude would be quite low but by the time it got into shallow waters then it'd be mahoosive

**DaveB** · 4 March 2010, 15:05

Originally posted by Menelaus View Post

It'd be an interesting academic exercise to work out how big it'd be when it gets to the eastern seaboard - with water depths across the Atlantic wave amplitude would be quite low but by the time it got into shallow waters then it'd be mahoosive

There was a program about on one of the "science" type channels ( discovery or somesuch ) a couple of years ago. There has been a fair bit of work done on predicting just how much damage it would do.

Cant find a reference to it atm though.

**DaveB** · 4 March 2010, 15:11

Found it, was actually a Horizon program in 2000.

Mega-Tsunami

**Spacecadet** · 4 March 2010, 15:23

Originally posted by DaveB View Post

Found it, was actually a Horizon program in 2000.

Mega-Tsunami

there was a seconds from disaster program about a ship that sank possibly because of a freak wave

**Menelaus** · 4 March 2010, 15:25

Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

there was a seconds from disaster program about a ship that sank possibly because of a freak wave

MV Derbyshire, I think?

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

**Spacecadet** · 4 March 2010, 15:27

Originally posted by Menelaus View Post

MV Derbyshire, I think?

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

yeah
and it was "Blueprint for Disaster" not "seconds from..."

Abnormally large waves.