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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Opportunities to Improve Marine Forecasting Hurricane Hugo, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Charleston, South Carolina, September 17-22, 1989 Other Related Titles Extreme Waves (2006) Joseph Henry Press (JHP) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager Smith, Craig B.. "Plates." Extreme Waves. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2006. Please select a format: Page 293   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. PLATE 1 Dan Moore surfs a 68-foot-high wave. PLATE 2 Tsunami damage at Hilo, Hawaii, May 22, 1960. Page 293 FrontMatter (R1-R20) Introduction (1-10) 1 The Calm Sea (11-24) 2 The Four Winds and Waves (25-46) 3 Over the Bounding Main (47-70) 4 Tempests and Storm-Tossed Seas (71-109) 5 Swell (110-126) 6 Terror Waves: Tsunami (127-147) 7 The Southeast Asia Tsunami of December 26, 2004 (148-163) 8 A Confused Sea (164-183) 9 Freaks, Rogues, and Giants (184-215) 10 When the Big Wave Comes: Are Ships Safe Enough? (216-225) 11 Davy Jones s Locker (226-246) Appendix A Recent Research on Extreme Wave Models (247-250) Appendix B Units of Measure and Conversion Factors (251-252) Appendix C Glossary of Special Terms (253-255) Endnotes (256-268) Annotated Bibliography (269-274) Permissions and Credits (275-276) Acknowledgments (277-280) Index (281-292) Plates (293-300)

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Extreme Waves PLATE 1 Dan Moore surfs a 68-foot-high wave. PLATE 2 Tsunami damage at Hilo, Hawaii, May 22, 1960.

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Extreme Waves PLATE 3 Bobsled in the 1998 Sydney-Hobart race. PLATE 4 Crew prepare to abandon dismasted and sinking Stand Aside .

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Extreme Waves PLATE 5 (A) A brisk sail; (B) Wind-blown wave in a storm.

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Extreme Waves PLATE 6 Tidal bore, Qiantang River, China. PLATE 7 The wreck of the Memphis in Santo Domingo (1916).

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Extreme Waves PLATE 8 U.S. Navy Indian Ocean wave forecast. PLATE 9 Tsunami flooding at Laie Point, Hawaii, March 9, 1957.

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Extreme Waves PLATE 10 Man caught in tsunami, Phuket, Thailand, December 26, 2004. PLATE 11 Tsunami-damaged bungalow, Koh Phi Phi Island, December 26, 2005.

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Extreme Waves PLATE 12 Wave victim on the Agulhas Coast, South Africa. PLATE 13 Freighter in a typhoon, North Pacific.

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Extreme Waves PLATE 14 Merchant vessel Winter Water fights heavy seas from tropical storm Georgette, Eastern Pacific Ocean, July 28, 1980. PLATE 15 North Pacific Ocean storm waves as seen from M/V Nobel Star, winter, 1989.

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