100 Foot Wave Hits Ship
Apr 6, 2017 17:21:14 #
bcheary wrote:
It's a bitch getting old. 
Hey, it's a bitch to not get older too. You know what they say, Damned if you do and damned if you don't. It may not apply exactly in this circumstance but I think it is close enough.
Dennis
Apr 6, 2017 17:29:19 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Hey, it's a bitch to not get older too. You know what they say, Damned if you do and damned if you don't. It may not apply exactly in this circumstance but I think it is close enough.
Dennis
Dennis
Apr 6, 2017 19:23:11 #
dennis2146 wrote:
I thought it was, "awesome", myself. - - - Dennis
I always loved Gordon Lightfoot's epic song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Sometime back, I saw a program on either PBS or Discovery Channel, maybe Nat Geo (???) where sad they are now sure to a forensic certainty that the doomed tanker on Lake Superior was lifted by two unusually large waves, following each other in close succession, with just enough space between them to allow the long suspended hull to crack due to lack of support. The program was before I had ever heard of the term "rogue wave"...but it's certainly possible that that's what they were - - gonna do a bit more research on this now. I do remember hearing that Superior is the most treacherous of the Great Lakes...
Apr 6, 2017 19:28:05 #
bcheary wrote:
It's a bitch getting old.
Unexpected and/or unplanned infirmity or disability is certainly much worse than aging...and isn't always related to it.
Apr 6, 2017 20:41:53 #
Apr 6, 2017 21:52:24 #
garry wolfe wrote:
i have bin in 45 foot seas&180mph winds on a carrier for 2+ days did not get sea sick
Thank you for your service to our country.Apr 6, 2017 22:06:34 #
garry wolfe wrote:
i have bin in 45 foot seas&180mph winds on a carrier for 2+ days did not get sea sick
bcheary wrote: Thank you for your service to our country.
Thank you for your service to our country.Yes indeed...W-H-O-A !!!
When & where were you on the carrier, garry ???
__________
Apr 6, 2017 23:27:45 #
EllieLady wrote:
I always loved Gordon Lightfoot's epic song The Wr... (show quote)
Lets not forget the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A
Apr 7, 2017 00:03:29 #
Marionsho wrote:
Lets not forget the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A
I agree - - a brilliant piece of story/poem/song writing.
I like this version for larger lyrics on-screen...
"Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Lyrics)" (6:20)
https://youtu.be/rFkyDB2InTs
Apr 7, 2017 00:53:42 #
Apr 7, 2017 02:00:15 #
Ka2azman wrote:
That boy can swear like a sailor - Oh yeah he is one!!!!!!!!
Which boy ???
Apr 7, 2017 15:24:02 #
Apr 7, 2017 15:49:55 #
garry wolfe wrote:
hi i was in from 72-75 uss enterprise cvn64
Thanks - - I think you were answering me (helps when you use Quote Reply)...
My brother was on the Kitty Hawk (CV - 63) around 1969 -71.
Apr 7, 2017 18:37:04 #
garry wolfe wrote:
hi i was in from 72-75 uss enterprise cvn64
my brother was on the constellation about that time
Apr 8, 2017 09:32:28 #
bcheary wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL2XL17z8Fs
A 100-foot wave hits a ship in the North Sea, during an intense storm. Had the ship been much smaller it could have been catastrophic, but the ship managed to withstand the blow.
A 100-foot wave hits a ship in the North Sea, during an intense storm. Had the ship been much smaller it could have been catastrophic, but the ship managed to withstand the blow.
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