The sea breeze whipped her hair in her face. She stood on a rock above the glistening sea. Bundled in jackets and scarves to shield her from the cold, she sat down to watch the setting sun. The sunset painted brilliant colors across the sky. Pinks and oranges and reds blended across the sky as if it was a blank canvas, that paint was dripping down. The ocean tide slid along the shore and retreated, each time it did so the ocean retreated farther out revealing a lot of sand. It was marvelous to see the hidden treasures beneath the sea. Suddenly a large wave was seen in the distance. A wall of water towering high. She stood up, not sure if she should run or stay. Running sounded best. She hardly had time to think before the towering wave advanced …show more content…
Rogue waves are very large, like mountains of water. They are often 100 feet tall. Rogue waves do not follow regular wave patterns and are unpredictable. Scientists believe that there is a pattern, but have not found it. This means that there is only one wave at a time, and do not come in a series of waves, such as wave patterns do. These waves are often found out in the ocean. Tsunamis on the other hand, are also made of waves, but are multiple waves, instead of just one. They are also very tall and devastating, but come with a much more warning. Therefore, rogue waves and tsunamis may look alike at first, but do have visible differences. Second, the two natural occurrences have differing causes. Rogue waves are often caused by wind strength, ocean currents and obstacles such as islands or large rocks in the way of the waves. Another main way they are caused are by colliding currents, which may solve the mystery of disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. Tsunamis are caused by very different factors. Tsunamis begin when something upsets the ocean, usually landslides, earthquakes or volcanoes. Then this causes a ripple effect, and as they near shore, the waves build up. Clearly, tsunamis and rogue waves are very different in …show more content…
Because rogue waves are located out in the ocean, they do not cause very much damage except for a couple unlucky boats. They are also incredibly rare, so even if they caused a lot of damage, it would not be very frequently. As for tsunamis, damage is much more common. Tsunamis do not cause very many deaths because of advance warning systems and they can be seen in the distance, but they do cause a lot of damage to the land it crashes on. They are very devastating because a lot of damage comes from each individual wave. It is pretty obvious how different the toll the waves take on the things they target can
Meica Rogue waves and tsunamis have two things in common, they both come from water, and they are destructive. The topics are rogue waves, tsunamis, and the difference. Rogue waves and tsunamis are caused in the water but are in different part of the ocean. Tsunamis are formed in the Pacific Ocean and rogue waves are formed in the Indian Ocean.
Once she turned and looked toward the shore, toward she people she had left there. She had not gone any great distance – that is, what would have been a great distance for an experienced swimmer. But to her unaccustomed vision the stretch of water behind her assumed the aspect of a barrier which her unaided strength would never be able to overcome.
The sea, this "water of the Gulf," is the deepest, most mysterious place Edna has ever explored. Until now, Edna had lived her life on the "white beach," a perfectly virginal island of blind men leading even more blind women. But Edna dips her toes into the dark waters and now she wishes to leave the island and swim out to a better place; or soar overhe...
A tsunami is a series of waves “created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite” (ready.gov). Tsunami waves are quite different from normal waves. Once a tsunami is set in motion there is no way to really “prevent” it fully, or to stop such an event. Precautionary steps can be taken, such as in Japan where a sea wall was built to protect people and property. However, this was a futile attempt since in 2011 a tsunami was able to surge over the wall, with the water building up and rushing over the top. The lesson learned is that one should not
The wave is a result of the water attempting to regain its equilibrium, which is driven by gravity. The size of the wave is determined by how much the sea floor moves vertically, and how quickly it shifts. A greater water depth helps as well. They can travel up to five hundred miles an hour and have wave heights of one hundred feet. Earthquakes are the leading cause of tsunamis.
There are several symbols in the story that help to emphasize that point. One powerful one is the boat. It is small and alone on the ocean, with only the occasional patch of seaweed or a seagull or two to keep it company. The waves themselves are the ups and downs of life. At any moment, a ‘wave’ can come and swamp you, leaving you stranded without a clue what to do, and more just keep coming. Just as in life, “…after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats.” Line 9.
“I had been born into a raging ocean where I swam relentlessly, flailing my arms in hope of rescue, of reaching a shoreline I never sighted. Never solid ground beneath me, never a resting place. I had lived with only the desperate hope to stay afloat; that and nothing more. But when at last I wrote my first words in the page, I felt an island rising beneath my feet like the back of a whale”.
Dark wave is a unique and exceptional music genre that began to appear in the late 1970s in the German music circle. This genre of music rose on the popularity of post-punk and new wave. Dark wave is usually dark and has introspective lyrics with an undertone of sorrow. Dark wave bands and their fans have grown in number and known as wavers and the scene took off in the 1980s. This type of music started to gain impedance in Europe and slowly started to get bigger over that decade. This brooding genre of music remains as pertinent as ever.
A shrill cry echoed in the mist. I ducked, looking for a sign of movement. The heavy fog and cold storm provided nothing but a blanket, smothering all sight and creating a humid atmosphere. The freezing air continued to whip at my face, relentless and powerful. Our boat, stuck in the boggy water. Again a cry called. Somewhere out there was someone, or something.
Always when the earthquake strikes, everyone begin to panic, diving for the nearest sturdy table or door-frame. But Earthquakes, like light, sound, or infrared, are nothing more than waves. So, how is it that a wave can cause such incredible damage? And What kind of waves exactly causes these painful damages to our lives?
Unlike a tsunami being a giant wave that sinks a piece of land, a flood is a temporary overflow of water on usually dry land. Floods can come from heavy rain, storm surges, waterway block and many more. They can occur in a slow pace, taking days, or happen at an instant, becoming a flash flood (Flood).
Tsunamis are barely noticeable in deep ocean water; however when it starts approaching the land and shallow water the waves start to slow down and the height starts increase sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters).
Besides producing floods and destroying buildings, earthquakes that take place under the ocean can sometimes cause tsunamis, or tidal waves. Tsunamis are high and long walls of water which travel at a very rapid rate. They are notorious for destroying entire populations and cities near coastlines. In 1896 Sanriku, Japan, with a population of 20,000, suffered such a fate. Several thousand stations monitor earthquakes all over the world. Each station contains an instrument, called a seismograph, used to detect arrival times and record seismic waves.
Powerful forces of nature can cause destruction to lives and property. While the continuing study of earthquakes and volcanoes helps us determine and better understand their powers, they continue to be natural phenomena that we need to learn even more about. Even with many differences in these two forces of nature, it is interesting that they also have commonalities. There are numerous similarities and differences between earthquakes and volcanoes.