# Update: Cargo Ship 'Pan Viva' Beset By Fierce Storm Near Alaska **URL:** \ **Category:** Marine Incidents\ **Created:** [October 14, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/update-cargo-ship-pan-viva-beset-by-fierce-storm-near-alaska/70916 "2024-10-14T12:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/update-cargo-ship-pan-viva-beset-by-fierce-storm-near-alaska/70916/17 "2024-10-15T12:33:09Z")
Us?? There is only one Dr.Bugge here and I suspect very difficult to clone. 😉 Because in Norwegian waters I would not hear : " WHAT!!!.. those bloody, dumb FOC foreigners did it again??? " 😉 or " next poor slob " . One looses confidence at such a dictum. But must say here is the best place to errich hugely my “redneck” vocabulary. What the Nowegians think is another matter though 😉 . > [@ombugge](#): > > Corresponding significant wave height: 5.5-7.5 m (18-25 ft) > [@Pictures of 70+ foot seas](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/pictures-of-70-foot-seas/9371/36): > > A significant wave height of 43 foot means that the mariners should expect about 1% of the waves will be 71 feet. From [When Do Ocean Waves Become ‘Significant’? A Closer Look at Wave Forecasts](http://www.vos.noaa.gov/MWL/apr_06/waves.shtml) If you read a marine weather forecast predicting “SEAS 10 FT,” what is really being conveyed in that forecast? Hs = 10 ft H (mean) = (0.64)Hs = 6.4 ft H (most probable) = 6 ft H1/10 (10% highest waves) = (1.27)Hs = 12.7 ft H1/100 (1% highest waves) = (1.67)Hs = 16.7 ft Hmax (highest wave you shoul… Cheers. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/update-cargo-ship-pan-viva-beset-by-fierce-storm-near-alaska/70916)._