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Giant Rogue waves - RainbowUnicorn - May 12, 2017 http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170510-terrifying-20m-tall-rogue-waves-are-actually-real Quote:At 3am on 12 December 1978, a German cargo ship called The München sent out a mayday message from the mid-Atlantic. Despite extensive rescue efforts, she vanished never to be found, with the loss of 27 lives. A lifeboat was recovered. Despite having been stowed 66ft (20m) above the water line and showing no signs of having been purposefully lowered, the lifeboat seemed to have been hit by an extreme force.LoL the youthful ignorance of children such fun fyi for those unfamiliar with the ocean. the volume of water above those children...(aproximately) in weight could be aproximately 200 to 300 kilos depending on how the water falls and in which manner it falls in. plenty enough to smash bones like small tree branches and crush internal organs as they get slammed to the concrete or the hand rail. |