There is a new king of weather forecasting. It comes from the waves. They cry out a warning of a coming storm. A trained person can tell if a storm is coming. It will be useful on islands where you can't put a weather station, or a weather station won't work as well. A plane can take a lot of overlapping pictures, from which could be told the depth of the water. This is useful where to sound would be a tedious and difficult job.
There are several places where a stormy and rough sea is created by strong tidal currents crossing, or coming in the opposite direction of, the waves. These are dangerous places. A magazine is quoted as saying that many ships are lost, while others are tossed about and escape destruction. There are several, and small ships would find it wise when in the Pentland Firth to secure their hatches, and all vessels to be prepared to batten down. (This is from a magazine.) Oil has a soothing effect on rough waters, but it has very little on surf.
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Bell
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