Post by: Bruce_F on September 19, 2003, 04:11:13 PM
All I can say is, WoW!!
Take a Look
Post by: Bill on September 19, 2003, 05:52:19 PM
Amazing how various temperatures, pressures can cause!
Post by: RHPConsult on September 19, 2003, 05:52:51 PM
If I were in that crew, I'd hope that was the stern, rather than the bow, in the picture, but it seems not to be the case.
Not to pick nits, but doesn't that vessel look to be a tanker?
PS Added on 9/24
When I first saw this thread, Bruce, before posting the message, above,I checked with my favorite urban legend site . . . the one I recommend everyone bookmark . . .
The best site for "Urban Legends"
There wa no citation of the photo's veracity then. . . about a week ago.
Interestingly, this afternoon I was looking at G5's in the Burlingame Apple Store (where I always leave TS on the screen of at least a couple of demos) and I checked out your thread to see if any Snopes citation had surfaced. Well, here it is and interesting, indeed, as usual for Snopes. They do get a handle on the most fascinating backgound factoids,
Post by: Bruce_F on September 19, 2003, 06:41:33 PM
I've a mind to write and ask my friend about that. I have always thought he works on container ships, but I don't know for sure.
Post by: kps on September 19, 2003, 06:57:49 PM
Post by: Peter on September 19, 2003, 07:15:56 PM
amazing- glad I wasn't driving
did any of you notice how calm the sea looks- rather odd if you ask me
Peace,
Peter
Post by: jepinto on September 19, 2003, 07:39:59 PM
Even Mr. Perfect was impressed!! And that takes a lot, particularly from the "*^%$# internet" his words, not mine.
Post by: Gary S on September 19, 2003, 08:18:24 PM
i talked to my brother outside Baltimore Maryland last night and ...it sounded spooky.
Post by: Bruce_F on September 19, 2003, 11:32:14 PM
I went back and read the message I got from my friend at sea again. I mistakingly thought he took the picture, but all he said was, "Take a look at this photo..."
I think it's another one of those "Urban Legend" pics that seem to crop up after any major event.
It's still kind of cool, even if it is fake.
Post by: dolphin on September 23, 2003, 10:23:50 AM
Just my 2ยข
Post by: pendragon on September 23, 2003, 10:33:41 AM
Harv
Post by: sandbox on September 24, 2003, 12:07:29 AM
1943, North Atlantic. Cruise liner Queen Elizabeth ploughs into a trough and is hit by two massive waves in succession. The impacts shatter the bridge windows 28 meters above the waterline.
1944, Indian Ocean. British Royal Navy cruiser Birmingham plunges into a deep hole then takes a huge wave over her bows. The commander reports wading through knee-high water on a deck more than 18 meters above sea level.
1966, North Atlantic. Italian steamship Michelangelo is hit by a 21-metre wave en route to New York. The water smashes through the bridge and into the first class compartments, killing two passengers and a crew member.
1995, North Sea. Statoil floating rig Veslefrikk B is severely damaged by a rogue wave. One crew member describes a "wall of water" visible for several minutes before it strikes.
1995, North Atlantic. The QE2 encounters a hurricane on a crossing to New York. She takes a 29-metre wave over her bow. "It looked as if we were going into the White Cliffs of Dover," says Captain Ronald Warwick.
1998, North Atlantic. Schiehallion, a BP Amoco floating production platform, is struck by a wave which smashes the fo'c'sle 18 meters above the waterline.
2000, North Atlantic. British cruise liner Oriana is hit by a 21-metre wave while answering a mayday call from a yacht 600 miles west of Cork, Ireland.
The "Awesome Stats" section of Extreme Science claims the biggest wave on record occurred in Lituya Bay on the southern coast of Alaska in 1958.
An earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale hit the area and shook loose an estimated 40 million cubic yards of dirt and glacier from a mountainside at the head of the bay. When the debris hit the water, a massive 1,720-foot wave was created and washed over the headland.
"The North Atlantic is getting rougher -- much rougher. In the mid-1980s average waves in the ocean were 25 per cent higher than during the 1960s. More recent studies show that by the end of the 1980s the tops of the waves were 50 per cent higher, as measured by both instruments and estimated by sailors.
It's still a cool picture!
