Comments on: Ten Minutes in Lituya Bay https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Dr William Murphy https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-74561 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:17:07 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-74561 Very interesting.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-73941 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:48:48 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-73941 Jackson:

I didn’t plan to do so, but I now feel compelled.

I have returned yet again!

]]> By: Jackson https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-73654 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:44:05 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-73654 I am amazed by the article but i am even more amazed at how long Jarvis has been checking in here. Can he go for one in 2021? lol

]]> By: Art https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-73648 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:32:33 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-73648 The picture at the top of the article is clearly photoshopped. That appears to be the scalloper Kilkenny, which is around 90 feet. Aside from the false scale, the surge of white water along the length of the port side is a giveaway. Water just doesn’t move around a hull that way. The photoshopped pic is disingenuous, but I object to it more because it discounts the very real terror of crossing the entrance with an ebb tide opposing a large swell. A 40 foot wall of water curling and falling down onto a boat is far more deadly than a long period sloping wave.

I’ve been on a boat running from a churning wall of water and minor variations in the bottom have a huge influence on the wave shape. Being overtaken from the stern undoubtedly contributed to the Sunmore’s loss. Most of Lituya is far too deep and/or steep to make a good anchorage, so all three boats were undoubtedly close to the outer spit. Based on the few timeline clues, the Sunmore was probably inside or just past the narrowest part of the entrance. In any narrow passage, the worst waves are generally just past the point where the passage opens. The Sunmore apparently reached the worst point at the worst moment.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-73552 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 02:03:11 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-73552 Checking back for other posters.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-73470 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:53:21 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-73470 Fantastic! Someone else posted, and Mr. Bellows responded!

]]> By: Alan Bellows https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-73456 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:37:54 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-73456 @Andy: We actually made that same mistake, originally. Turns out there are fishing vessels called “trawlers” and others called “trollers”. The ones in this story are the latter:

https://wikidiff.com/troller/trawler#:~:text=As%20nouns%20the%20difference%20between,or%20dragnet%20to%20catch%20fish.

]]> By: Andy https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-73455 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:53:54 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-73455 Great article as always. Just be aware that a fishing boat is called a “trawler,” not a “troller.”

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-73404 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:54:41 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-73404 Yet again.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/#comment-73338 Tue, 19 May 2020 01:22:24 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=11593#comment-73338 I am back again.

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