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11-19-2009, 07:25 PM
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| Atlantic Waterspout This is a pretty terrifying, yet amazing photo. Waterspout near a convoy in the North Atlantic.   -Arlo
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11-19-2009, 07:57 PM
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  | WOW! Those things get huge!
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11-19-2009, 08:51 PM
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| Yeah...that's what is called, in nautical terms, a "bad day".
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11-19-2009, 08:55 PM
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| I remember hearing my grandfather talk of those when he was in the Merchant Marines. I didn't realize they got to be that large though. WOW!!! 
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11-19-2009, 09:01 PM
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| Holy crap that's huge!
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11-20-2009, 07:53 AM
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| Going back to St.Augustine from Orlando on A1A near Daytona I saw 2 of those on the water, no way near as big as the pic above but still impressive, weird seeing those on water.
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11-20-2009, 08:11 AM
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| That IS scary!!!! |
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11-20-2009, 08:12 AM
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 | Scary indeed, that is huge!
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11-20-2009, 08:22 AM
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| I've seen those things in the north Atlantic many times, but none THAT big. The good part about it is they usually don't last long. Charles
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11-20-2009, 08:59 AM
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| I have seen several along the coast here and never that big.When they hit the shore line good for a couple hundred feet maybe then gonza.
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11-28-2009, 03:03 PM
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| That is huuuuuuge! Wheels
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11-28-2009, 03:38 PM
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| Wow, amazing shot!
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11-28-2009, 05:14 PM
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| I'm going to say this, quite frankly, you get caught in one of those, you are so screwed. |
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