https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKBLdXlezvg A tanker smashed into the bridge linking Japan's Kansai International Airport with the mainland on Tuesday as a powerful typhoon slammed Japan's western coast. The tanker, named Houn Maru, was anchored in Osaka Bay but strong winds produced by Typhoon Jebi proved just too much and the ship drifted into the bridge, causing … [Read more...]
Facepalm: Some Idiot Drives Truck Onto a NorCal Jetty Last Year To Watch Waves… Needed An Airlift Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46A7eYkCRI8 The U.S. Coast Guard had to rescue a man from the Humboldt Bay north jetty in northern California last year after he drove his truck on the jetty and became stranded by heavy surf. The Coast Guard says it dispatched a helicopter crew and lifeboat to the scene after it was notified at approximately 11:26 a.m. on a Thursday … [Read more...]
Need to Relax? Try Listening to the Sounds of an Idling Icebreaker Beset by Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpW7iYfuGDU I'll take idling arctic icebreaker beset in ice and snow over North Atlantic cargo ship in winter storm any day. Via Relax Sleep ASMR: 10 hours video of Arctic ambience with frozen ocean, ice cracking, snow falling, icebreaker idling and distant howling wind sound. Natural white noise sounds generated by the … [Read more...]
This Video of a Lab Simulated Rogue Wave Will Make Your Palms Sweat
It's a sailor's worst nightmare. A monster wave that comes out of nowhere, two to three times bigger than the others. In certain cases, waves like this are capable of swallowing a ship whole. Yet to this day we still don't know much about rogue waves or how they form. Actually, most of what we do know about these freak waves comes from actual experience. We know they're out … [Read more...]
WATCH: Model Emma Maersk Under Tow Looks Just Like the Real Thing
A 1:65 scale model of the Emma Maersk under tow at SMG Ijmond ship model harbor in the Netherlands on September 20, 2015. … [Read more...]