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CPT Jack Durish
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I've never seen a toothache but I know they exist. And I have no doubt that rogue waves exist, but how could they explain aircraft loses attributed to the Bermuda Triangle? They'd have to be flying pretty low, wouldn't they?
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That is a good point most of the missing are aircraft.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
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I've been in the US for a long time and I haven't seen any murders... yet, I believe they happen.
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Patricia Overmeyer
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Sweet Pea was hit by a rogue wave on her way from France to the US. She was transporting GIs back from Europe. My dad was the DCO. There was a hurricane and they sailed into it. Dad always said it was a rogue wave larger than what they were sailing in that broke her bow. To him it was not just the heavy sea swells and wind from the hurricane because she was holding up well in that. And he said they had fared worse in the Pacific. He would have known a rogue wave when he saw it. And he saw that one as he served on her top decks. I can still hear him talking about that being worse than the damage they took at Leteye.
From the history: "On her second voyage, two days out of Le Havre, France, she encountered a violent hurricane with seas up to 100 feet and winds that wrecked her anemometer. One gigantic wave warped her bow and stove in her starboard hangar which had been converted into living space for returning soldiers. Two were killed, two swept over the side and more than fifty were severely injured. On the New York Times building on 18 December 1945, the moving news headlines reported "USS Portland Lost at Sea." Fortunately this was an error."
A father/son diving team have also determined the Edmond Fitzgerald was sunk by a 50' rogue wave and not by the improperly battened down service hatches. The evidence produced by the dive team prompted Gordon Lightfoot to change his lyrics:
“When supper time came the old cook came on deck /Saying ‘Fellows it’s too rough to feed ya’ /At 7 p.m. it grew dark, it was then/He said, ‘Fellas it's been good to know ya’,”
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