March 4, 2010 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports the waves that were reported by the Louis Cruise Lines hitting their ship Louis Majesty were abnormal and had been referred to as rogue waves. The waves that struck the cruise ship injured 14 and killed two passengers on the Louis Majesty.
The waves that were felt by cruise ship passengers were recorded by buoys in the area as having heights of twenty feet occurring during a storm. The waves hitting the Louis Majesty in the open waters were twenty-six feet high and the storm contained gusts of wind reaching over 60 miles per hour.
According to reports at the time of the incident there was a strong storm and while these type of waves are unusual in the Mediterranean, it is not unusual during a strong storm.
While cruise ships do encounter large waves while out at sea they rarely continue sailing, many of the departure dates are moved back or canceled.
The last event of this type was in 2005 when a 70 foot rogue wave struck the Norwegian Dawn, injuring four people, breaking windows and flooding cabins. September of 1995 there was another event when Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2 was struck by a 90 foot rogue wave, which most of the passengers slept through.
Investigators are expected to arrive as early as Thursday and meteorologists believe there is no link between the twenty-six foot waves and the recent earthquakes in Chile.
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