Interesting but terrifying article at Wikipedia

We're watching Poseidon Adventure and I looked up rogue wave to see if it was real or not. It is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_wave

A particularly worrisome quote, sure to strike home if you've ever seen the QEII and realize how big she is:

* RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (North Atlantic, 1995), 29 meters, during bad weather in the North Atlantic.

The Master said it "came out of the darkness" and "looked like the White Cliffs of Dover." [4] (PDF) Newspaper reports at the time described the cruise liner as attempting to "surf" the near-vertical wave in order not to be sunk.

And this one, I mean if a wave could sink an airplane, what an image that is.

It has also been suggested that these types of waves may be responible (sic) for the loss of several low-flying aircraft, namely U.S. Coast Guard helicopters on Search and Rescue missions.

When the first version of this film came out my sister Hilary was so frightened by it that she had to leave and sit in the lobby. I think she was seven or eight so I would have nine or so. This one isn't scary to me but these statistics are!