View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
rogerbum
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 5922 City/Region: Kenmore
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Meant to be
Photos: SeaDNA
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
ssobol
Joined: 27 Oct 2012 Posts: 3372 City/Region: SW Michigan
State or Province: MI
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: SoBELLE
Photos: SoBelle
|
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:03 pm Post subject: |
|
|
But there is a big difference between a wave 600' tall and a wave that reaches up the side of something by 600'.
How high up the side of something a wave reaches is based on the volume of water, how fast it is moving, and the slope of whatever it is running up. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
starcrafttom
Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 7881 City/Region: marysville
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1984
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: to be decided later
Photos: Susan E
|
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks for posting, very interesting. I would hate to be there when it happened. _________________ Thomas J Elliott
http://tomsfishinggear.blogspot.com/ |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Hunkydory
Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 2657 City/Region: Cokeville, Wyoming
State or Province: WY
C-Dory Year: 2000
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Hunkydory
Photos: Hunkydory-Jay-and-Jolee
|
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:23 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Agree with interesting & I’ve read considerable about the Lituya Bay slide & wave reaching 1700 ft on the opposing shore, but something I also try to keep my mind free from, when in these fjord areas, as not much one can do if it happens. When cruising in a area where this & other hazards are a possibility I prefer to concern myself with the things I can do something about & free my mind from what I can’t. Of course especially during the night that isn’t always possible. An exception was the slide in Fords Terror, which I vacated in a hurry when it appeared another slide was eminent.
Jay _________________ Jay and Jolee 2000 22 CD cruiser Hunkydory
I will not waste my days in trying to prolong them------Jack London
https://share.delorme.com/JuliusByers |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|