“Striking observations of the effects of Hurricane Ivan – which swept across the Atlantic in 2004 – reveals the 100-foot wave which ended the movie The Perfect Storm were no cinematic exaggeration. And new meteorological predictions warn that 2005 may be a bumper year for North Atlantic hurricanes.” (New Scientist)
The tsunami last December reawakened memories of a recurring nightmare I had as a child of fleeing a towering wall of water roaring toward me on the beach. But a tidal wave, as I learned in the aftermath of that disaster, while massive and deadly powerful, is not necessarily that towering. These ‘rogue waves’ in excess of 100 feet in height, on the other hand, are the stuff of my nightmares…
