No Small Preparation for Hitting Big Waves
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More than bronzed slackers in board shorts, big wave surfers study oceanography and weather patterns to help them ride waves that can be more than 50 feet high.
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By Anna Jeys  IT wasn't exactly the right weather as rain threatened to put a damp-ener on the launch of Birmingham's latest beach.
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The skipper of super-maxi, Skandia, has called for more safety features to be built into ocean racing yachts. The Skandia crew abandoned the boat on Tuesday after the keel was damaged in rough conditions in Bass Strait.
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Why put a 1.2MW turbine in the ocean when you can get away with smaller ones that cost less?
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SYDNEY - Pressure built for an Indian Ocean tsunami-warning centre on Tuesday after frustrated scientists said they knew killer waves were speeding towards coastlines across Asia but was powerless to raise the alarm.
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It sounds insignificant alongside the  Indian Ocean tsunami, yet an almost imperceptible annual rise  in the world's oceans may pose a huge threat to ports, coasts  and islands by 2100.
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Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.
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I read the March 4 story "Water woes" about Rhode Island's problems with fresh water with great interest. My view on this issue may be oversimplified, but there was no mention of harnessing the state's greatest resource, our proximity to the ocean.
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An unforgiving Bering Sea thwarted efforts Friday to stem a major spill from a broken freighter, but pollution responders said they managed to begin setting up initial
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By Jessie Mangaliman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 15--Waves up to 20 feet high will batter the coast this weekend, creating dangerous conditions for anyone tempted to watch from rocks or even piers, the National Weather Service said today.
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WASHINGTON -- Water depths in parts of the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping channels off the coast of Sumatra, reached about 4,000 feet before last month's tsunami. Now, reports are coming in of just 100 feet -- too dangerous for shipping, if proved true.
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&quot;In the unlikely event that it did hit, it would be quite serious. Weâre talking either a tsunami if it hit in the ocean, which would be likely, or significant ground damage&quot; - Dr Donald Yeomans, NASA Near Earth Object Program manager.
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Â·  No rain forecast in south of state until September Â·  Sprinklers and car washing could be stopped
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CORVALLIS, Ore. - It's a version of Seaside - carefully created at a fraction of its actual size - just waiting to be slammed by a tsunami. Oregon State University's O.H.
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The U.S. weather agency didn't have the phone numbers nor staff to alert all Indian Ocean coastal countries when it saw the first signs that tsunamis could be heading their way, its top official said Thursday. He cautioned that the Caribbean and Atlantic also lack an early warning system.
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A TSUNAMI warning that could have saved thousands of lives was issued but not acted upon more than an hour before giant waves hit Sri Lanka and southern India.
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Tidal waves, or tsunami, often set off by undersea earthquakes, have caused several major disasters in coastal communities over the years.