That's not unlike the situation with airliners and downbursts in the 70s and 80s. A not-uncommon atmospheric effect, rumored, then known, then studied, led to

That's not unlike the situation with airliners and downbursts in the 70s and 80s. A not-uncommon atmospheric effect, rumored, then known, then studied, led to one out of X planes falling out of the sky. But we still put people on planes. The unsettling difference, that you hit on, is: when Fujita finally got through to the FAA, planes and pilots were quickly brought up to speed; but the sea transport industry has seen the rogue wave research and doesn't seem to be particularly interested in changing anything.