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This list of rogue waves compiles incidents of known and likely rogue waves – also known as freak waves, monster waves, killer waves, and extreme waves. These are dangerous and rare ocean surface waves that unexpectedly reach at least twice the height of the tallest waves around them, and are often described by witnesses as "walls of water ...
The waves are partially caused by the deposition of sediment as the river slows, as well as mixing with ocean waves. The waves, wind, and current are hazardous for vessels of all sizes. The Columbia current varies from 4 to 7 knots (7.4 to 13.0 km/h ) westward, and therefore into the predominantly westerly winds and ocean swells, creating ...
Ocean Trader (also known as Der Reeder in Germany) is a simulation strategy game by Software 2000 which was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and the Amiga. [ 2 ] The game simulates the running of a global shipping company, tasking players with building a prosperous maritime empire.
1. Gigayacht. Sold for: $168 million Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire, must have been staring at an empty dock for a while now, because the 168 milly he shelled out for a 400-foot yacht is ...
Sea Dragon (video game) Sea Life Safari; Sea Wolf (video game) Seafox (video game) Seaquest (video game) The Secret of the Nautilus; Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures; Shark Jaws; Shark Tale (video game) Shark! Shark! Shinsekai: Into the Depths; Silt (video game) Soma (video game) Song of the Deep; SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis (video game) Spore ...
That's right, sandy beaches are dirtier than the ocean waves. A new study out of the University of Hawaii at Manoa found E. coli, known for causing abdominal problems, in beach sand due to sewage ...
This game, published by Namco, is a precursor to tri-Ace's own Star Ocean games in several ways; e.g., an action battle system where the player controls one character and AI controls others in the party and special battle skills that the player can assign to different buttons. Besides the Star Ocean series, they also released Valkyrie Profile ...
The Levasseur PL.8 biplane was piloted by two French aviators who had hoped to complete the first nonstop trip across the Atlantic Ocean, but it vanished somewhere over coastal North America in 1927.