"It came from nowhere, snapping giant ships in two. No one believed
the survivors . . . until now" -New Scientist magazine cover, June
30, 2001 Rogue waves are the focus of this book. They are among the
waves naturally - served by people on the sea surface that
represent an inseparable feature of the Ocean. Rogue waves appear
from nowhere, cause danger, and disappear at once. They may occur
on the surface of a relatively calm sea and not reach very high
amplitudes, but still be fatal for ships and crew due to their
unexpectedness and abnormal features. Seamen are known to be
unsurpassed authors of exciting and horrifying stories about the
sea and sea waves. This could explain why, despite the increasing
number of documented cases, that sailors' observations of "walls of
- ter" have been considered ctitious for a while. These stories are
now addressed again due to the amount of doubtless evidence of the
existence of the phenomenon, but still without suf cient
information to - able interested researchers and engineers to
completely understand it. The billows appear suddenly, exceeding
the surrounding waves by two times their size and more, and
obtaining many names: abnormal, exceptional, extreme, giant, huge,
s- den, episodic, freak, monster, rogue, vicious, killer, mad- or
rabid-dog waves, cape rollers, holes in the sea, walls of water,
three sisters, etc.
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