Massive waves thought to be caused by “a powerful storm squall” or the “slumping of mountains of sediment from a steep canyon in the ocean” are being reported in Maine. Interestingly enough, this isn’t the first time this has happened in Maine, last reported in 1926.
The National Weather Service said ocean levels rapidly rose in Boothbay, Southport, and Bristol in a matter of minutes around 3 p.m. on Oct. 28 to the surprise of ocean watchers. Exactly what caused the rogue waves remains unknown.
“The cause of it is a mystery,” said National Weather Service meteorologist John Jensenius, who first reported the waves from a field office in Gray, Maine. “But it’s not mysterious that it happened.”
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