Book About Big Waves
While working on OCEAN LIGHT, the last book in the Mary Donahue Trilogy, I’ve done a lot of research about the ocean. But when a friend recommended THE WAVE: In Pursuit of the Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean, then said, “It’s fascinating and terrifying,” I knew I had to read it. So I am.
The author’s premise is that according to science, giant waves are only getting bigger due to climate change, as in rising sea levels, warming of the ocean and shifting currents.
To me, the most fascinating phenomenon are rogue waves that are twice the size of any waves around them, i.e., 50-foot seas and along comes a 100-foot wave.
Now consider these two facts:
— the official Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever surfed is 86 feet.
— the biggest wave ever recorded was the 1,720-foot megatsunami that struck Lituya Bay, Alaska, on July 9, 1958.
Almost 2000% bigger than the first wave!
Do you love the ocean, or does it make you nervous?
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