Re: [Paddlewise] Water motion in a wave

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:06:49 -0800
All my kelp fronds are frozen solid where I live: 250 miles from the ocean.
:)

Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA

On 1/26/07, Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote:
>
> John Winters wrote:
> > Gee guys, why believe what you see on the internet?
> >
> > Just go down to the ocean where you can see waves from the side
> > (breakwaters into harbours are usually good for this) on a fairly
> > windless day, throw a block of wood out and watch.
>
> Yeah, I am much chagrined that when I watched one of the electronic wave
> simulations, I realized that I had strong memories of exactly that motion,
> in the form of kelp fronds.  I knew it, but I did not know it.
>
> --
> Dave Kruger
> Astoria, OR
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