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Scientists Claim To Have Solved the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle (vice.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the no-longer-a-mystery dept.

Slashdot reader MyrddinBach shares a report that claims the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has been solved. The Bermuda Triangle is a loosely-defined region of water between the southernmost tip of Florida, Puerto Rico, and the island of Bermuda to the north. British oceanographers now believe that "rogue waves" are responsible for the disappearance of a number of ships in the region. VICE News reports: So what are rogue waves? Basically, they're abnormally large and unexpected waves in open sea. Dr Simon Boxall, an Oceanographer from the University of Southampton who led the new study, explained on a Channel 5 documentary The Bermuda Triangle Enigma: "there are storms to the South and North, which come together... we've measured waves in excess of 30 meters. The bigger the boat gets, the more damage is done." His team re-created the intense surges of the 30 meter waves by using indoor simulators. Then to see what such a wave would do to a large ship, they built a model of the USS Cyclops, a carrier that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle in 1918 and claimed the lives of 309 people.

8 of 235 comments (clear)

  1. Of course by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    that's what *they* want us to believe

    1. Re:Of course by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      In this age of reporting, be glad what they wrote about was at least a ship and they didn't claim it's a collar.

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    2. Re:Of course by alex67500 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Everybody knows, darling, it's better down where it's wetter, take it from me...

    3. Re:Of course by azcoyote · · Score: 3, Funny

      Aha! That's how the aliens did it. They must use the methane clouds to fuel their UFOs, and the giant waves to go surfing....

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  2. Things by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Things melt in the Bermuda Triangle. It's always exactly 180 degrees in the triangle.

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    1. Re: Things by phantomfive · · Score: 4, Funny

      One of the most awkward things about the triangle is, in most places on earth, when you turn, you end up going a different direction. But in the triangle you can turn 360 degrees and you are *still* going the same direction. That's why people don't understand listen people.

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    2. Re:Things by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually..... As the three points used to denote the triangle are on a sphere (the Earth... or a close approximation of a sphere at such scale), there would be more than 180 degrees inside the triangle if it were measured on the surface of the ocean.

      Cliff Claven! Long time no see!

  3. Re: Not a mystery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hello to you too, sailor!