Links posted on December 08, 2009
Eddie Would Go - drop-of-a-hat Big Wave surf comp going on now. Only held when the Waimea bay waves are deemed epic enough, which last happened in 2004. If conditions look right, every top surfer and fans from around the world race to Hawaii in hopes the event goes on.
The event is going on this year - it just started, and they're looking at up to 50-foot swells today (Tuesday).
Eddie's story is also interesting -- an awe-inspiring lifeguard and surfer, he perished trying to rescue passengers of a capsized boat.
A 50-foot swell is about three stories tall. Anyone have an estimate for how fast the waves are travelling?
NYT Magazine on Texas Republicans - "Hutchison, like Perry, gets high"
Peer review hasn't changed much over the years.