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ROGUE WAVE [reported then vanishes] 263.8 foot wave in the Atlantic 2 Original Info-Source Find station ELWR5 [SHIP HANSA VISBY Flag Liberia, Port Monrovia Recruited by Germany 5/28/ 3:00 PM PST POSITION Source]<<careful, likely a glitch; nevertheless DATA-CAPTURE FOLKOWS: |
First reported 12:00 GMT [larger capture] Later 18:00 GMT Wave-Height Vanishes Another PRIOR INTEL IR SAT FORUM SLEUTHS? COMMENTS |
5/29/2006 12:54:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Hi Kent
Yes I also picked up the HANSA log report...as the data was so unusual, having sailed that area many times in the past, I went to the live ship tracking data site at http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/ and watched her reports...she certainly did report in the following at 12:00Z (UTC)
HANSA VISBY
Last reported at 2006-May-28 12:00 UTC: position N 45°30', W 014°42' (show region).
Time now 2006-May-28 18:42 UTC.
Length 149.8 m; beam 23 m; draft 9.5 m.
VOS classification: general cargo vessel; recruited by DE as Selected ship (merchant).
Wind from 010 at 10 knots
Waves 80.4 meters (264 feet)
She was 5 hours late reporting in her 18;00Z position/data..and she is now heading for the English Channel
see
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shipposition.phtml?call=ELWR5
The event could have been a computer/radar glitch or a sudden surge from a local event, who knows..but bear in mind the location she reported the data, it received a 3.2 undersea bed quake a few days ago**
Will check my maritime contacts, I still have few..
**Quake
http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=current&sub=detail&id=IY867;INFO
IR SAT
NOTE BIOLOGICAL HAZARD WARNING
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?id=6238&lang=eng
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Subject: Activity on Fault where impact occured?
Date: 5/29/2006 10:59:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Parameters
Magnitude ML 3.1 Region NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Date time 2006-05-29 at 06:57:41.6 UTC Location 37.02 N ; 10.67 W Depth 141 km Distances 229 km SW Queluz (pop 103,399 ; local time 07:57)
177 km W Lagos (pop 18,831 ; local time 07:57)
170 km W Aljezur (pop 4,122 ; local time 07:57)
More activity on the same fault.
SEE: http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=current&sub=detail&id=IZ658;INFO
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6/4/2006 9:01:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time