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I've spent 100 of hours at sea. Reading the article I had the same thought as the captain on the fishing boat, "I've heard talk of rouge waves, but I've never s

• sandworm101 10y ago
  I bet you've seen plenty. Rogues exist amongst small waves. I bet that you have looked strait at a great many but dismissed them as a trick of light. Ever thought you saw something like a boat out of the corner of your eye yet there wasn't anything there? You may have been seeing a small rogue rise up and fall away.
  • in_cahoots 10y ago
    The article makes it seem like we've all seen these waves, but then it says the Queen Elizabeth 2 might encounter one a year. Which is it? If it's the latter then it's likely that, unless you are habitually in the ocean, you'll be unlikely to see one in your lifetime.
    • jdavis703 10y ago
      You could in theory have a rogue wave only an inch tall, provided the highest expected wave was only fractions of an inch tall. This has nothing to do with the absolute size of the wave, but it's size relative to the other waves. Now this article dramatizes a wave that is dozens of feet tall, that's what's rarer.