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Very Large Waves Generated by Hurricane Ivan Last September

" Last Sept. 15, as Hurricane Ivan passed through the [Gulf of Mexico] area, the instruments measured 146 large waves, including 24 higher than 50 feet and one at 91 feet, Wang and his colleagues report in Friday's [Aug. 5] issue of the journal Science." - excerpt from the article at http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8441

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