Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1919 — Waves Attain a Height of 400 Feet in Stormy Seas [ARTICLE]

Waves Attain a Height of 400 Feet in Stormy Seas

Some of the most terrible storms at sea are experienced, not in winter, as might be expected, but during the heat of summer. Waves at the seaside are, however, totally different and very puny compared with those in midocean. A Queenstown steamer reported waves 100 feet in height during an Atlantic gale. Waves of 50 feet to 75 feet are common to the Atlantic, but it is in the Indian ocean that we look for those of really gigantic suture. Cold regions also experience immense seas. Wasberg, Norway, can claim a wave of 400 feet in height. The Cornish coast was once bombarded with a wave of 300 feet