Rogue Wave (1921)

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ROGUE WAVE--183,000 Google hits, 22,900 Google Groups hits
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"Rogue wave" is not in the OED?
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"Passengers file lawsuits over 'rogue wave' ship" was in amNew York, June
17-19, 2005, pg. 4 ,col. 2.
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ProQuest has a near-50-year gap?...Rogues wave at you? Didn't John Cleese  do
a "rogue wave" with one of his silly walks?
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(GOOGLE AND GOOLE GROUPS)
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_Cruise  ship damaged by 70-foot rogue wave_
(http://www.newstarget.com/007189.html)
Cruise ship damaged by 70-foot rogue wave. After  enduring some rough seas,
passengers on the 1000-foot cruise ship  Norwegian Dawn thought that there
was ...
www.newstarget.com/007189.html - 22k - _Cached_
(http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:iC5GrFjtO6wJ:www.newstarget.com/007189.html+"rogue+wave"+and+cruise&hl
=en&ie=UTF-8)  - _Similar pages_
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_Rogue Wave--Cruise  Ships_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.boats.cruising/browse_thread/thread/43ea0f65a0ce44ea/c173437cd0ff1405?q="rogue+wave"&rn
um=10&hl=en#c173437cd0ff1405)
In article  <rhkb61d0ebl1qfqfjl3ch10bnr90lmf... at 4ax.com>, nospam at nospam.
com  says... (Really big snip) I don't believe for a minute ...
_rec.boats.cruising_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.boats.cruising?hl=en)  -  Apr 20, 11:06 am by Gogarty  - 9 messages - 5 authors
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_http://www.answers.com/topic/freak-wave_
(http://www.answers.com/topic/freak-wave)

freak  wave

Freak waves, also known as rogue waves or monster waves,  are relatively
large and spontaneous _ocean surface waves_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Ocean+surface+wave&gwp=8&curta
b=2222_1&sbid=lc02a)  which can sink  even medium-large _ships_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Ship&
gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a) . Once thought to be only _legendary_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey
=Legend&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a) , they are now known to be a
_natural_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Nature&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a)  (although relatively rare)
_ocean_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Ocean&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a)  phenomenon. Their
existence was  known anecdotally from mariners' testimonies and damages inflicted
on ships,  however their scientific measurement was only positively confirmed
following  measurements of a freak wave at the Drauper oil platform in the
North Sea on _January 1_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=January+1&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a) ,
_1995_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=1995&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a) .
Disputes as to their existence were finally laid to rest in _2004_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=20
04&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a) , when Project MaxWave, and the GKSS
Research Centre, using data collected by _ESA_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=European+Space+Agency&gwp=8
&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a)  _satellites_
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=9bb8iih4irs0k?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Satellite&gwp=8&curtab=2222_
1&sbid=lc02a) , identified many dozens of  such waves during a study.
They are a likely source of the sudden inexplicable disappearance of many
ocean-going vessels.

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(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
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_Barrow  County Citizen Bewails Rogue Wave_
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=515956762&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName
=HNP&TS=1119082428&clientId=65882)
W A HARBER.  The Atlanta Constitution (1881-2001). Atlanta, Ga.: Mar  3,
1921. p. 8 (1 page)
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_Brenton  Battles Sea's Full Fury_
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119082428&clientId=65882)
FRANCIS BRENTON. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file). Chicago, Ill.: Jan 1,
1968. p. 1 (3 pages)