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    Don't book a cruise

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3917539.stm

    The shady phenomenon of freak waves as tall as 10 storey buildings has finally been proved, the European Space Agency (Esa) said on Wednesday.
    Sailors often whisper of monster waves when ships sink mysteriously but, until now, no one quite believed them.

    As part of a project called MaxWave - which was set up to test the rumours - two Esa satellites surveyed the oceans.

    During a three week period they detected 10 giant waves, all of which were over 25m (81ft) high.

    Over the last two decades more than 200 super-carriers - cargo ships over 200m long - have been lost at sea. Eyewitness reports suggest many were sunk by high and violent walls of water that rose up out of calm seas.


    And they say flying is dangerous.

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    Mini-tsunamis probably caused by earthquake and volcanic activity IMO.

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      #3
      Last Updated: Thursday, 22 July, 2004, 18:19 GMT 19:19 UK

      Maybe you should stick with the Daily Mail?

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        #4
        Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
        Mini-tsunamis probably caused by earthquake and volcanic activity IMO.
        So you're a fckin seismologist as well
        Me, me, me...

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          #5
          Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
          So you're a fckin seismologist as well
          Yup... studied geology.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
            Yup... studied geology.
            But you didn't figure wind and tides FFS?
            Me, me, me...

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              #7
              Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
              But you didn't figure wind and tides FFS?

              I studied wind and tides on my dayskipper course !!

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                #8
                Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
                I studied wind and tides on my dayskipper course !!
                So you are fckin expert then
                Me, me, me...

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
                  So you are fckin expert then
                  Yup.... education doesn't stop at 23, thank God !!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
                    Mini-tsunamis probably caused by earthquake and volcanic activity IMO.
                    I wouldn't call a 25M wave mini. That's pretty f'in big.
                    ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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