New report on how they happen

buffy said:

New report on how they happen

I think I need that explained to me by an expert, in words of one syllable or less.

Michael V said:

buffy said:

New report on how they happen

I think I need that explained to me by an expert, in words of one syllable or less.

Yeah me too 😵‍💫

Michael V said:

buffy said:

New report on how they happen

I think I need that explained to me by an expert, in words of one syllable or less.

Me, too.

I might possibly get to a point where i understood it, but i can’t see that happening this side of next Easter.

Never saw a rogue wave at sea, never wanted to.

Michael V said:

buffy said:

New report on how they happen

I think I need that explained to me by an expert, in words of one syllable or less.

Ah, OK…here is a surfer’s perspective, perhaps that is easier. The SciAm article wasn’t as wordy as that article either, but it seems you have to pay for that one.

surfer’s version

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

New report on how they happen

I think I need that explained to me by an expert, in words of one syllable or less.

Ah, OK…here is a surfer’s perspective, perhaps that is easier. The SciAm article wasn’t as wordy as that article either, but it seems you have to pay for that one.

surfer’s version

Thanks.

I believe that the mariners term for them is, “the seventh wave on the seventh wave”.

Spiny Norman said:

I believe that the mariners term for them is, “the seventh wave on the seventh wave”.

I believe that the mariners’ term for them is ‘f*** me dead!’.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

New report on how they happen

I think I need that explained to me by an expert, in words of one syllable or less.

Ah, OK…here is a surfer’s perspective, perhaps that is easier. The SciAm article wasn’t as wordy as that article either, but it seems you have to pay for that one.

surfer’s version

‘80-Foot Rogue Waves Are Predictable…But Are they Rideable?’

Sort of like asking ‘Can I Go Over Niagara Falls In A Plastic Storage Tub?’.

Quite possibly, but i wouldn’t make any plans for the thereafter.

It seems to me that, if rogue waves are a consequence of constructive interference (which the article says is part of the cause) there must be instances of what I’ll call rogue troughs, where the the interference goes the opposite way and is either destructive (leaving relatively flat seas) or “negatively” constructive, where the troughs combine for a much deeper than usual sea surface. The article doesn’t seem to consider those, though.

btm said:

It seems to me that, if rogue waves are a consequence of constructive interference (which the article says is part of the cause) there must be instances of what I’ll call rogue troughs, where the the interference goes the opposite way and is either destructive (leaving relatively flat seas) or “negatively” constructive, where the troughs combine for a much deeper than usual sea surface. The article doesn’t seem to consider those, though.

There actually are rogue troughs. I recall reading about them recently somewhere.