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  2. Rogue wave - Wikipedia

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    Rogue waves are considered rare, but potentially very dangerous, since they can involve the spontaneous formation of massive waves far beyond the usual expectations of ship designers, and can overwhelm the usual capabilities of ocean-going vessels which are not designed for such encounters. Rogue waves are, therefore, distinct from tsunamis. [1]

  3. List of rogue waves - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia

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    A group of three rogue waves, often called "three sisters," [108] was reported in the vicinity of Edmund Fitzgerald at the time she sank. [109] [110] The "three sisters" phenomenon is said to occur on Lake Superior and refers to a sequence of three rogue waves forming that are one-third larger than normal waves. The first wave introduces an ...

  5. Once dismissed as mythical, a 60-foot rogue wave swells off ...

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    An enormous, 58-foot-tall swell that crashed in the waters off British Columbia, Canada, in November 2020 has been confirmed as the largest "rogue" wave ever

  6. 'Rogue' or 'sneaker?' What caused the giant wave in the ... - AOL

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    Larry Smith, a meteorologist at the NWS office in Monterey, California, said in 2013, "Though the terms 'sneaker' and 'rogue' wave are often used interchangeably in media reports, Smith considers ...

  7. Optical rogue waves - Wikipedia

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    Optical rogue waves are rare pulses of light analogous to rogue or freak ocean waves. [1] The term optical rogue waves was coined to describe rare pulses of broadband light arising during the process of supercontinuum generation—a noise-sensitive nonlinear process in which extremely broadband radiation is generated from a narrowband input ...

  8. Rogue wave: Can it happen along Florida's Atlantic coast? - AOL

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    Dec. 28 a rogue wave hit California. Could it happen here?

  9. Norwegian Dawn - Wikipedia

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    On 16 April 2005, after sailing into rough weather off the coast of Georgia (U.S. state), Norwegian Dawn encountered a series of three 21-metre (70 ft) rogue waves. The third wave damaged several windows on the ninth and tenth decks and several decks were flooded. Damage, however, was not extensive and the ship was quickly repaired. [5]