Scientific Cruise Meets Perfect Storm, Inspires Extreme Wave Research 107
An anonymous reader writes "The oceanographers aboard RRS Discovery were expecting the winter weather on their North Atlantic research cruise to be bad, but they didn't expect to have to negotiate the highest waves ever recorded in the open ocean. Wave heights were measured by the vessel's Shipborne Wave Recorder, which allowed scientists from the National Oceanography Centre to produce a paper titled 'Were extreme waves in the Rockall Trough the largest ever recorded?' It's that paper, in combination with the first confirmed measurement of a rogue wave (at the Draupner platform in the North Sea), that led to 'a surge of interest in extreme and rogue waves, and a renewed emphasis on protecting ships and offshore structures from their destructive power.'"
2 theories at once (Score:3, Funny)
Rogue waves (Score:3, Funny)
Outlaw them and put out a bounty (or a Bounty?)
Re:more facts from the article (Score:5, Funny)
Under severe gale force conditions with wind speeds averaging 21 ms a shipborne wave recorder measured individual waves up to 29.1 m from crest to trough, and a maximum significant wave height of 18.5 m.
Can you convert that to the slashdot standard unit of measurement, Libraries of Congress? Also, if you could provide a car analogy too that would be great. Thanks!
Re:more facts from the article (Score:5, Funny)
0.59 Libraries of Congress from fender to fender.
Re:Mondatory: Vids or, ..... (Score:5, Funny)
....... it didn't happen!! :D
Yeah, the authors were probably diluted.
Re:Rogue waves. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:2 theories at once (Score:4, Funny)
The guys up on deck thought they were looking at rough seas, but down below... well, when the boat starts a rockin' don't come a knockin', if you get my drift.