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"but neither ship nor crew were ever seen again. I really love cooking-" Me: my god, he ate them.

First rule of survival...never call your vessel "unsinkable"

Everytime i get on a boat I’ll say “This is definitely sinkable”. That way Poseidon doesn’t get angry and doesn’t sink us

I have surfed most my life, every time i do, there is always at least one wave that comes in that is far bigger than all the rest, it is not that hard to understand that rogue waves exist.

I think I’d rather board a ship labelled “highly sinkable” than “unsinkable.” Murphy’s Law has not been kind to that label.

"Good sized badger" is my new favorite volumetric unit.

I'd imagine that the reason we haven't heard about the waves until recently is because any old ship would've been destroyed immediately.

Gotta love the engineers at the office telling the guys in the field something can’t happen.

When you think that wave height around Antarctica could reach 40 feet in height during a storm, the thought of a super rogue wave hitting 200 feet just makes you appreciate the bravery of all those sea-going penguins in search of a quick snack.

"Neither the ship nor the crew were ever seen again..." *1 second later* "I love to cook!"

What you haven't mentioned is that waves can easily become rogue when there is another weather systems fire waves at an angle at each other. Every surfer knows about this and I am surprised that this is not listed as common cause of rogue waves. When two or more waves from a number of weather systems clash, they easily multiply briefly as the cross other large waves at an angle.

In 1988, I was a commercial fisherman on a small boat in the Gulf of Mexico. Near the end of the summer, hurricane Gilbert was nearing the Yucatan Peninsula, and hurricane Florence was heading towards New Orleans. We had waves coming out of the west and south-southwest. We had a lot of 18 footers, and that old "square wave" thing was a problem. We got hit by weird waves several times that day, and then got hit by a monster. Never thought to call it a rogue wave, it was just big and bad. Tossed us around like a cork. Well, heck, when you're on a 53' at the waterline boat.... It slammed us and swamped us. As we knew we were already in the sh!+, we were already on our toes. I was on the deck, hauling gear (pulling up the fishing cable, same as the boat in Perfect Storm) so I had a commanding view of the ocean and the waves the were heading in our direction. I saw what was coming and "sang out," "EVERYBODY GRAB ON!!" Just before that wave hit us, I had turned off the hydraulic spool, and had run to the forecastle (front), and didn't quite make it. I grabbed on the rail, and held on for dear life. The wave had swamped us, and the deck was a mess. Equipment and fish EVERYWHERE. The skipper was tossed around in the cabin, and the guy that was putting new bait on the leaders was tossed into the spool that I had just shut down. It could have been worse. He was totally dazed, and we got him into the cabin, where the skipper went over him. Me, all I could do was damage control, and get as much water off the deck as possible, because the fish and odd equipment was clogging the suppers (deck drains). We obviously managed to survive and keep doing our job, or I wouldn't be here to tell you about it. Were we scared? No way. We were as high as a kite on DANGER. BTW, the guy that got tossed into the spool? He was alright, but when the impact pattern appeared on his chest a bit later, we saw that had I not turned off the hydraulic winch, he probably would have been dragged into it.

It’s funny how humans can tell nature what is supposed to be possible

now I want everything to be measured in badgers 😂

German naval engineer: This is my greatest creation yet, it simply cannot sink. Aquaman: Hold my beer.

I may actually have experienced such a wave in a rather "small" scale, not sure. It was in Marocco, the weather got quite windy. Til about 100 meter into the ocean, the water was only knees deep. On that day, the waves were higher as usual (about 3 to 5 meters). I was one of the only ones staying in the ocean. Then there was one wave that was over 13 meter for sure, it was enormous, I was really scared. I jumped into the middle of the wave before it crashed behind me, beneath the water, the noise of the water hitting the surface was so loud, my ears were ringing all day and my whole body shattered. I´m still afraid of the ocean since then.

man: this ship is unsinkable mother nature: challenge accepted

I love it when "scientific consensus " gets a kick in the ass.

"A vessel considered unsinkable" Mmmm, where have I heard that before?

Great video. I think the other thing to consider about rogue waves being a “recent” phenomenon, is that ship traffic massively increased at about the same time as reported encounters became more common. In my view, they have likely always occurred at about the rate they do now, but have simply gone unobserved.

"At least now you'll know what's about to kill you, your welcome" Epic

"At least now you'll know what's about to kill you. You're welcome" .. best line 42's ever delivered. My feelings for this mans channel has just become a rogue wave of love!

Experienced surfer here. Rogue waves do exist but I rarely close to shore... unless surfing in extremely stormy short period conditions. What I'm saying is most of rouge waves happen whilst in the middle of a storm. Although it can still happen at shore in these conditions: This includes A frame waves (waves intersecting at any angle), or a double up wave (one wave is traveling faster then another and they overlap creating a larger more powerful wave), or a combination of both. In conclusion, short period waves/storm waves are impossible to predict.

That was great! Never heard about it... also, great response of "scientists": Those rogue waves are impossible! After seeing evidence, "They may be even bigger!"

"Should We Be Worried About Rogue Waves?" - Original Title

I’ve always been so interested in waves and oceans but they simply terrify me. Thanks for making me even more paranoid! Jk, the theme is soooo interesting keep it going!

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I was always curious why more people don't use badgers as a base measurement system, it's so obvious.

28 man crew for a titanic sized ship is insane to comprehend

Waves are not getting bigger. Our ability to detect and record them is getting better.

It's a Fourier series, on a dynamic and somewhat chaotic complex multi variable fluid dynamics. You have chaotic winds with different velocities and direction and fetch (duration), and you have the dynamics of the water/wind interface and the dynamics of the various waves created and combined. A Fourier series is the sum of those waves amplitude and frequency (and harmonic relationship) that gives you are very chaotic system but with the possibility of waves far greater then the wind / fetch equations would predict. (also water depth is a term in that wind speed, direction and fetch wave height prediction equation.) (the opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author!)

any body who understands waves from a secondary school level, would be able to fathom rogue and super rogue waves. its just constructive interference.

I think it's about time it should be made illegal to say that your ship is unsinkable.

In the winter of 1994 a bulk carrier mv Apollo Sea was lost in a ferocious storm off the west coast of south africa. I was on a ship in the same storm 20 miles offshore where south africa and Namibia share a border. Winds sustained above 60 knots and sea state 10 went on for more than 24 hours. The company I worked for was asked to use their ROV to investigate the suspected wreck site due to an oil spill. They found the wreck, the ship appeared intact as if it was still underway but her upper decks were smashed in as of a giant had hammered it. They believe she had hit a 'hole in the sea' or the depression ahead of a rogue wave which pitched her nose-down and the wave came down on the top-side pushing her instantly 20m below mean sea level and she went straight down.

I’ve watched many of your videos, love every one, the question for me that keeps coming up is WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR STOCK FOOTAGE????!!!! It’s magnificent!!!

Mr. Ballen & Thoughty always keep my mind busy!

Rogue waves out there masquerading as the Bermuda triangle

A rogue "swell" hardly scares, however a rogue "broken wave", ie a turbulent white cliff of doom, is worthy of utter terror

The official pilot book for the South Hecate Straight off the west coast of Canada, tells of a oil drilling platform that ran afoul of some monster waves. They radioed for help as the waves were washing over their deck at more than 30 meters above nominal sea level . Also along this coast, several lighthouses have been washed off their foundations in the year 1967 or thereabouts. The oceanographic ministry in Canada also set afloat some buoys to measure wave heights, but they weren’t calibrated to measure any wave of more than about 15 meters, however the buoys did hit their limits for a period of time before coming back into their measure able range, and by calculating the time they spent above their range of measurements they calculated the waves to be above 30 meters, though that figure was later contested. Rogue waves ARE out there and have been so for a very long time…I’m a retired lightkeeper

Brilliant as usual..thanks again

I love how they assume a wave that larger occurs every 10,000 years or so yet they just happened to observe one lol people make me laugh

One of my favorite adventure movies, The Poseidon Adventure, the huge ship was rolled over by a rogue wave, creating chaos for the trapped passengers.

Great video as always! Thanks!

i so enjoy your voice and way of storytelling, good to have you around on the web Thoughty!

I know how Thoughty two gets sponsored. He just says, "Would you kindly".

Reminds me of a real headline in a newspaper many years ago, "Giant waves down liner's funnel." When I read it I got a mental picture of this friendly giant standing in the sea and waving at the ships as they steamed past him!

The most dangerous sport in Australia is Rock Fishing. The standard advice is to watch the waves hit the rocks where you fish as often as you can so you get an idea of how the water goes at different swell sizes with the goal of setting your expectations on a wave twice the size of the current swell coming through when and were you intend to fish. Further, try to assess each swell and get a sense of the rhythm of the "big ones" and the "flat spots" that come through, the big ones so you don't get washed off and the flat spots to maximise landing opportunities for fish captures. I find this "mystery" perplexing as it is simply explained by a basic concept of constructive and destructive interference of waves which is an everyday in physics e.g. double slit experiment. Also, If two swell crests doubling up forms a "rogue wave", a swell and a trough forms a "flat spot" then there is also the two troughs doubling down for a "rogue hole" where the ocean would seemingly open up and swallow the ship. Would it be worse to be suddenly pushed above the run the swell or suddenly pulled below the run of the swell? The rogue holes are a problem very much on the minds of ship's captains who operate in shallow waters e.g. running supplies and men to and from oil rigs in the gulf of Mexico where getting swamped because the ocean disappeared from under you is a very real danger in larger swells. By the relentless laws of probability, if a swell's phases are such that there are odds of doubling occuring every so often, then, necessarily, there are odds for the doublings doubling etc.

following you on Spotify. thankyou for doing that. happy new year Arran and family

How to survive rouge waves: sail in a submarine

When we went sailing on the great lakes, the swells and waves could get between 8 and 12 feet in height, at times. It was quite a ride.

You always have some of the very most interesting content --- Thank You!!

Love your vids thoughty!

"says it was unsinkable" poseidon "when will you learn apes!"

As soon as someone says "this ship will never sink" the oceans are saying "can't wait to test this one out"

Love your stories dude…..listen to a awesome story every night

Having been on a Ferry to the Shetland Isles during a bit of a storm with waves over 10 Metres, it sure was an unfogettable journey with the Ferry rocking back and forward and side to side all over the place. I went for a smoke with a few other guys at the back of the Ferry during the storm when they all burst into song singing "Sometimes i look out across the water" lol. Cool, but somehow scary video...cheers 👍

Having been to the west coast of the USA plenty of times, I only live 2 hours away so Its a nice vacation spot, rogue waves are pretty easy for me to believe. I've seen "sneaker waves" on the beach. Normal waves wash in so far, then once in a while, a wave comes in that washes another 50 feet up the beach farther than average.

I've always been curious about the weather patterns and storms of super continents like Pangaea or Rodinia. If a hurricane gathers strength as it moves over the ocean, imagine the power one would have moving around an entire planet, and the extremes of a desert in the middle of a super continent. The atmospheric conditions must have been dramatic.

OK now I'm subscribing, the videos themselves are very interesting but you won me over with the exact amount of badgers that can be stuffed on a ship.

good video. Reminds me of the bridge that based on the frequency of the wind swung until it broke. If I were to put a theory out there, it'd be the frequency of the waves, matching the frequency of something else, until it collects enough energy to be a "rougue wave" factors could be anything from currents, wind, the moon changing axis....? Alot of factors.

Original title : Should we be worried about rogue waves ?

If I’m not mistaken, one or two of such rogue waves have been caught on camera near South Africa. Not sure of any other real life footage.

Dear Thoughty2! I do like your videos very much!!! Please keep on your stile! :D Most regards from Germany!

Oh wow I’m from Georgia it was cool to here about this I absolutely love your channel learning things is so awesome to me especially finding things out that I never knew it didn’t know much about and watching your channel I learn more then I knew about something. Thank you for all the videos you do you are totally funny plus amazing

4 and half million good sized badgers....my new favorite metric

I heard that Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa was a rogue wave. He painted that painting in 1831

You should check out Nazere in Portugal, and Cortes Bank, off the coast of California. Those waves are real jaw droppers, and they break every now and again.

Thanks man! That made me feel good!👍👽

Hey aaran, I bought your book for my dads birthday, he thinks it's great (and hes not easily impressed) I'm hoping when hes done he will lend me it 🙂 Love all your videos, love that they're educational, interesting and told with humour and fun

People: we've created an ocean going vessel that is unsinkable. Ocean: "Omae wa mou shindeiru" People: "Nani!?"

Wave height is influenced by the distance that wind travels in one direction. That's so fetch!

Entire ship is lost and everyone dies: Thoughty2: I really like to eat

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the water' lol

It looks like the wreck of Edmond Fitzgerald wasn’t just “legend,” after all…. Although I truly love the song.

What a coincidence! I enjoy drinking rum while cooking. And eating. And bathing, mowing the lawn, painting, kayaking, basically everything is better with rum.

Love ur 1920's positivity 😍😍😍😍😍😍💯 it has something dark.. cant help it 😈🙈

It just dawned on me that I've been watching this guy's vids for close to a decade.

From what I heard, ocean waves apparently follow the Schrodinger wave equation and not the bell curve normal distribution as has been assumed for decades. This explains the much larger roque waves occurring much more frequently than had been thought possible.

Have you ever looked into the Edmund Fitzgerald? Lake Superior in the late’70’s. I remember the wreck, it affected me as a child, and when I visited White Fish Bay as an adult, and stood in that cold water, I couldn’t stop crying. Just a thought for something for you to look into. I also work at Kellogg’s!!

At 2:40 he goes back to the story. Lol You have really interesting topics. Very cool. I'm thinking a rouge wave could possibly be caused by a sudden gust of high winds.. at least it would help it a little on top of the other phenomena that might cause one.

"I enjoy a little red in the evening." - I knew it, Arron is a vampire. The cool kind, though.

It has been reported at various times that rogue waves sometimes occur in calm seas during clear sunny weather. If that’s true then one of the hypotheses is that rogue waves may occur at bottlenecks, such as in narrow straights or patches of shallow waters whereby nearby storms produce large waves but then grow in size because of those bottlenecks and can travel for long distances far away from the the storm that originated from.

This was awesome!

Heard about reverse rouge waves as well. Where they are just huge valleys in the sea

I have no idea why, but I have an odd addiction to watching these videos as soon as they come out. I guess I like random facts about the world. Thanks for making these videos😁

That intro had so much specificty in it, I was not ready for the "good-sized" badger part, of all the things to convey size, 4.5 million good sized badgers

Love this guy's hand gestures. I should start doing that lol

I like this guy because he's a gentleman but he not scared to speak his mind and make jokes

Munchen: *yolo trough the storm* Rogue wave: Hey! You are goin' too fast! *sinks it*

Great! That damn water just keeps getting more terrifying everytime I learn something about it.

Love your channel

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6:06 I find it funny that he paused for a moment and gasped for air upon saying that as if he's torn between trying to make a smart adlib or to chuckle.

I hate it, whenever I hear a story about scientists thinking they know the "common" weather cycles of the Earth, when atmospheric data of the Earth started 150 years ago. Literally, not even the length of two human lifetimes. Like, WTF.

Saw a science page that was talking about Rogue holes. It's basically a rogue wave inverted.

Your presentation is awesome and spot-on. Keep doing exactly what you're doing. Thanks for listening. :)

When I go jet skiing, I like to steer in a decent sized circle. Roughly 30tf in diameter. After about 5 laps the waves joining in the middle join to make a massive “rogue”(created) wave. Then jump off those for some good air time 😁

The only thing I can never skip is that "Hey! Thoughty2 here!" 😂 You're simply the best moustache man haha

oh by Great Thoughty's Mustache!! Ive always had this unshakable desire to know how many (somewhat large) badgers a container ship can carry. I finally know.