Holy. 64 feet? Surf’s up, man. -D
> On May 23, 2017, at 4:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I always had a fear of gigantic tidal waves but this one made me blanch. > > Massive wave recorded in Southern OceanPublished: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 > > A massive, 64-foot-high wave was measured by a buoy in the Southern Ocean > about 400 miles south of New Zealand on Saturday. > > The wave was taller than a six-story building. > > "This is one of the largest waves recorded in the Southern Hemisphere," > said oceanographer Tom Durrant of MetOcean Solutions, a private weather > firm in New Zealand. "This is the world's southernmost wave buoy moored in > the open ocean, and we are excited to put it to the test in large seas," he > wrote on the company's blog. > > The buoy was installed three months ago to get "valuable observations from > this remote part of the ocean," according to the company. > > "Accurate measurements of these conditions will help us understand waves > and air-sea interactions in these extreme conditions," Durrant said, > referring to the new buoy. "This, in turn, will lead to improvements in the > models used to simulate the waves, providing better forecasts, both for the > Southern Ocean and for the wider region" (Doyle Rice, *USA Today* > <https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/05/22/surfs-up-monstrous-64-foot-wave-measured-southern-ocean/102009718/>, > May 22). *— CS* > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
