Big Waves Mean No Small Preparation for Surfers
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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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It's a version of Seaside &#151; carefully created at a fraction of its actual size &#151; just waiting to be slammed by a tsunami.
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The best oceanographers in the world never studied at a university. Yet they know how to navigate expertly along oceanic fronts, the invisible boundaries between waters of different temperatures and densities.
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Water depths in parts of the Straits 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 &#151; too dangerous for shipping, if proved true.
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An 8.1 magnitude earthquake that struck in Antarctic waters on yesterday -- the biggest recorded in the world this year -- would have devastated a city had it been much closer, according to a New Zealand seismologist.
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TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Dec. 28 -- For J.D. Vaz and M.Vasantna, the earthquake-driven waves that roared ashore without warning Sunday were a great leveler.
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In one sense, the catastrophic earthquake off the coast of Sumatra on Sunday morning was no surprise, but scientists still cannot give timely warning to people in harm's way.
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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - A 24-year-old California surfer topped a daredevil contest yesterday that had competitors riding waves more than four stories tall.
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Two-year-old Hannes Bergstroem doesn't understand much about the tsunami that swept him away from a beach in Thailand, though he talks about 'the big stupid wave,' his father said Friday.
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A tsunami striking the U.S. is not a question of if, but when
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Is a sea change about to occur? Don't count on it.
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Rogue waves&#151;eight or more stories or higher&#151;are freaks of the ocean once thought to be tall tales told by sailors. But now scientists have satellite evidence that the massive upwellings are not only real but also fairly common.
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Wet, windy weather would generally be seen as unsuitable golfing weather. Not so in Scotland.
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Boats at sea felt only a gentle swell as the Asian tsunami passed under their hulls &#151; but by the time the first giant wave slammed into Sri Lanka's coast it was a monstrous 15 feet high, scientists say.
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Advertisers are seeking ways to show that they care about the tsunami, but they are also striving to avoid the appearance of capitalizing on the disaster.
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The question of how to treat wastewater in an exclusive California beachfront community is pitting neighbors, surfers and environmentalists against one another.
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The tsunamis that claimed thousands of lives across the Indian Ocean are the deadliest great waves in more than a century and probably in modern history.