Wave heights to 83 ft were measured early this morning

[mia]

Wave heights to 83 ft were measured early this morning by satellite altimeter under the northeast quadrant of Hurricane Florence. These enormous waves are produced by being trapped along with very strong winds moving in the same direction as the storm's motion.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Holy mackerel!!

[ProudLib72]

7. More like...

[Blue_true]

12. Holy any fish!!!

The waves remind me of a movie that I watched once, giant fragments of a blown up asteroid hit the earth and created enormous waves that went across most of the USA, people that got to high mountains survived, in addition to chosen people that were housed in a special facility.

[efhmc]

2. That is some scary stuff.

I hope you are are safe and secure somewhere far away from those waves.

[Snackshack]

3. Wow...

The people not evacuating thinking they are going to ride this out really should re-think that position...and start packing the vehicle.

[JuJuYoshida]

4. Local authorities have said

Those who choose to not heed evacuation warnings and choose to stay will NOT be getting any rescue efforts.

[Javaman]

5. Imagine standing next to an 8 story building and it then crashing down on you.

yeah, it would massively suck.

those people staying behind to "weather the storm" are fucking morons or they have a death wish.

[smirkymonkey]

6. I really feel so sorry for the children of those idiot parents who decided that they were

going to "hunker down" and brave the storm. It's a stupid thing to do and they are going to pay for it. Unfortunately, the children don't have a choice in the matter. They will end up suffering for their parents' stupidity and stubbornness. I hope by some miracle they survive.

[malaise]

8. I'd get out of the way

https://google.org/crisismap/2018-florence

[Baclava]

10. U got that right! Get out! She gonna fuck something

[Laxman]

9. This Hurricane Has Been Moving In The Same Direction...

for a long time. Across open water with 140+ mile an hour winds. Pushing water in front of it like a snow plow. Its going to have a monster storm surge with very large waves on top of the surge. Looks like it is forecast now to make a turn to the southeast just before land fall, right at the coast. That may hopefully mitigate some of the surge impact, but the NC coast is going to be in the right front quadrant of the storm (where the strongest winds and heaviest rain are) for more than 24 hours.

[malaise]

11. Do you know the last one that reached the US from Africa without

affecting anyone else?

[raccoon]

13. Big waves are the stuff of nightmares. I used to dream about them. Nt