I am getting used to the foxes' barking sounds. It isn’t so strange anymore. On the other hand, Millie has decided these are not desirable friends and she has taken to being on window alert.
I don’t know what made me think of the biggest wave. I remember looking into this in the past. The biggest wave every recorded? It is 1,720 feet high at its peak. That is taller than the Empire State Building. It is close in height to the CN Tower which is a bit taller.
It was at Lituya Bay in southeast Alaska, triggered by an earthquake creating a megatsunami. That was in 1958. Rocks, glaciers and other debris fell from an altitude of 3,000 feet. The megatsunami measured between 100 feet (30 meters) and 300 feet (91 meters), but the subsequent breaking wave became much bigger.
Other modern day megatsunamis include the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa and the more recent Vajont Dam landslide in Northern Italy in 1963. That was a story of government corruption and about 2000 people died in the valley below. It is one of UNESCO’s five “cautionary tales” caused by the failure of engineers and geologists.
What about the Wahoo Wave? It was a test conducted in 1958and was 3,200 feet below the surface of the ocean. Supposedly it was to evaluate the weapon’s efficiency against surface ships and submerged submarines. That wave reached 800 feet. There’s a cautionary tale as well.
Of course, there are the surfer records: Sebastian Steudtner was recorded surfing the biggest wave at 86 feet - that is an eight-story building.
Here are our popular tallest buildings. There’s the CN Tower at the far right. A wave the size of the CN Tower would make a lot of noise.
In the meantime, the fox has come around to the office window “barking” at us (me and Millie on the office desk) from about 10 feet. It has gone away and things are quiet again.
What a contrast to our picture of a calm morning ocean.
