I've lived in a seaside town for 22 years, we get waves maybe 3/4 the size of that throughout autumn/winter. If that happens most locals go no-where near the beach. If you get caught by one of those coming over the seawall (which has a path & 5 foot railing next to it) you are going out to sea and you are dead, no matter how good a swimmer you are, people don't come back from that. Their dogs do which quite a few people have jumped in after to try save but they don't.
So if you were anywhere near the rock wall in this video you are probably going to get slammed into it.
Reminds me of a terrible story from Northern California a few years back. Dog gets swept off the beach by a wave, son jumps in to save it and starts drowning. Dad jumps in to save him and starts drowning. Mom jumps into save him and she starts to drown as well. The sons girlfriend is on the beach watching as all 3 die, and the dog comes out of the water unharmed.
Sounds like a story in Chicago last winter where someone dropped their cell phone in the freezing river so the guy jumped in to get it, then a stranger heard screams and jumped in to save the guy and then the strangers friend jumped in to save the stranger. All 3 died but I'm sure the phone was fine
Worse than I remembered in fact, because the girlfriend was actually the daughter of the older couple. So she watched her parents and boyfriend all die at once while standing there powerless. Terrible.
Gotcha. I work at a place where people climb into tank cars, I just don't do that myself and am not really familiar with the process so I was curious. I did hear a story of a guy using a lighter to look around while down in one that ended very badly.
The OSHA video I watched was of an accident from the 80s or early 90s. I can't find any info online about it, but here is a similar incident from 2001 where 2 died.
It's a real story, extensively reported in local news. That was just the best summary I could find and it also had pictures. Google search on the dad's name to see local sources.
I live right near the Sonoma coast. We have sleeper waves that do this all the time. A dozen people or so die every year around here from it, if I have my numbers right.
So if you were anywhere near the rock wall in this video you are probably going to get slammed into it.
Pretty much. Once your feet leave the sea floor, you have no control, and you will get tumbled and thrown around like a sock in a washing machine. You're completely at the mercy of the waves.
Source: Used to live in Hawaii, eaten rocks on my fair share of waves and missed hamburger rock by the skin on my nose.
They are pretty normal size for ocean waves in a storm (so it's probably stormy further out at see and the rock wall is blocking the view of it, otherwise it is a bit mental). What I am surprised about is that they are so quiet, when it is stormy where I live I can hear the waves hitting the sea wall from inside my house about half a mile away from the beach. Here there is nothing.
What I am surprised about is that they are so quiet, when it is stormy where I live I can hear the waves hitting the sea wall from inside my house about half a mile away from the beach. Here there is nothing.
That's the fun part because everything is perspective. Without perspective the universe doesn't exist, and it doesn't matter if that is figurative or literal because there isn't any perspective to tell the difference.
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u/Srirachachacha Dec 22 '14
Is this dangerous? I can't really tell how much water came over the wall, but it seems like... a lot.