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From: John Winters <jdwinters_at_eastlink.ca>
subject: [Paddlewise] Water motion in a wave
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:38:53 -0400
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.

Cheers

John Winters 
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From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Water motion in a wave
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:34:45 -0800
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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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Water motion in a wave
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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