ROGUE WAVES and Predicting Them

Posted on March 25, 2007 by opilia

     From Technology Review, a recent article ( 03/01/07) about steps being taken to predict WHERE rogue waves may occur…
Scientists from the German Space Agency say they have mapped incidents of extremely large waves, known as rogue waves, using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data, and will soon publish a massive wave atlas for the first time. Such [...]

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Fishing Vessels from Deadliest Catch, season 1

Posted on March 25, 2007 by opilia

BIG VALLEY, skippered by Gary Edwards (Sunk Jan. 15th, 2005, only 1 survived)
BILLIKIN, skippered by Jeff Weeks
FIERCE ALLEGIANCE, skippered by Tony LaRussa
LADY ALASKA, skippered by Pete Liske
LUCKY LADY, skippered by Vince Shavender
MAVERICK, skippered by Rick Quashnick and tended to by Donna Quashnick
NORTHWESTERN, skippered by Sig Hansen
RETRIEVER, skippered by Jim Stone
SAGA, skippered by Roger Strong
SEA STAR, [...]

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