Anatomy of Disaster - Season 2 Episode 5 - Ferocious Oceans

Anatomy of Disaster
Anatomy of Disaster
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Published 2016-12-19
Witness an ocean liner ripped in half by killer waves and sail aboard a yacht tossed about on the open seas
in fifty foot rollers as Anatomy of Disaster explores the origins and cycles of nature's most destructive force
- the power of the ocean that drives intense storms an immense waves.

Enormous energy, caused by storm winds, reverberates out across the surface of the ocean in what we
experience as waves. And woe to ships or coastal residents in their paths! From an Australian sailing
couple's struggle to survive a tropical storm, to an attempt to save crewmen off a cargo ship before it
crashes into North Sea cliffs, Anatomy of Disaster takes us to the world's worst storms and the mariners
who face them. We'll examine cyclonic storm surges, gigantic ocean rollers, and killer rogue waves. To
better understand these incredible forces of nature, we'll stand onboard an oil tanker as it breaks up and then
barely escape as it plunges into the depths, cling to a catamaran in a South Pacific Typhoon, and watch a
ship off Mozambique sink after being hit by a rogue wave.
All Comments (21)
  • @TerrenceTerryLynch
    I was on a navy ship for six months the USS New Orleans it was gigantic had roughly 5500 people living on it it was all Marine Corps helicopters five harier jets it was awesome I love that life my dad told me just before he passed away he said in the Gaelic language the word lynch my last name means mariner I had wished he had told me that as a boy because I always wanted to be at sea ,deep down inside ,thank you for showing me this God bless all travel the seas.
  • @sheilamacpherson4948
    My grandfather was a Canadian Merchant Marine. He was torpedoed in WWII in the North Sea. This makes me respect him even tho I never knew him. I'm proud. These are real men.
  • @musamor75
    This is an excellent documentary, quite breath taking at times. We "land crawlers" just don't have an inkling about the tremendous courage of these hardy and brave seamen, who often risk their lives for our sometimes superfluous creature comforts. It's tricky looking onto such terrifying episodes without feeling like an armchair voyeur. I'm considering subscribing, if only for the fact that our family crossed the ocean six times by boat (big, comfortable sealiners) with the exception of a small cargo, the Princess Emilia (33,000 tons- a little baby by modern standards) in mid-October 1969, sailing from Montreal, Canada, into the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. We did strike a mid-Atlantic storm which has left a strong memory in my mind. The small vessel was tossed like a matchbox n the sea. The bow dipped under the water for several hours, and as a foolish 11 year-old youngster I went on deck with my buddy Thomas. I certainly wouldn't ever do that again. Thank you for posting this thrilling documentary ; I have thoroughly enjoyed it, but nearly did it in my pants during some of the scenes. God protect ALL seamen. The seas are the greatest force in Nature to be reckoned with. We land dwellers are just careless, reckless fools. One day we'll pay the price if we don't change.
  • @fredjones7307
    I was quite surprised when they abandoned ship.. during the infamous Fasnet tragedy people lost their lives abandoning ship and the boat was found afloat the next day. I will only leave my boat if it sinks under me..I thought they'd stand by up weather giving some shelter rather than execute what I thought was an extremely dangerous rescue..
  • @dianehodgkinson7113
    As a Brit, and an ex member of the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) - Is ALL Volunteers - The UK does not have 'paid' lifeboat crews, unlike most other countries! (it is also the oldest lifeboat / sea rescue service in the world!) - and as another comment mentioned - PLEASE get it right - Coxswain, is pronounced Coxon!
  • @MisplacedTexan
    By “coincidence” the strange light brought rescue to the Forbeses. I love “coincidence”. 🥰❤️
  • @RossLougheed
    What a story! Glad the couple made it to safety.
  • @Kimjongil.
    The power of the sea is mind blowing 😳
  • @svvalhalla7631
    "All experience is good experience" Thats a good motto.
  • @markmilan8365
    Captain Ed Oonk and the man that went outside to repair the window are really heroes.
  • @johnshields6852
    1991 in Marshfield, Mass. me and my fiance loved right on the seawall, sliding glass doors open and 10' deck right up against the seawall, the perfect storm, the no name storm, we stayed too long, lucky to be alive, waves were crashing over the house, beautiful deep green Atlantic ocean waters running down the windows on every wave, and it wasn't even high tide yet, then a wave picked up a boulder and sent it through the sliding glass doors, ok, time to go, but we waited too long, we got in the car but the streets on both sides were unpassable, so I backed the car up and incline about a 100' from the house, we watched the house get swept away completely, water came up to the bottom of the doors but just high enough to keep engine running, the next morning only the foundation and our king sized mattress in the foundation were left. It was amazing, even though we lost everything, time heals all wounds
  • @leeholmes9962
    It's great that there is hero's around the world people that will rise to the challenge these kind of people have my respect for life 💪✌💛🇬🇧👍
  • @theccpisaparasite8813
    In any fight between a man and the sea, the sea wins whenever it likes. At the snap of fi ger. Having lived by the ocean for my whole life, I can describe it in but four words: beauty, majestic, allure, power. And yet, the words are too small. God, I love the sea. But, you've got to respect her.
  • @antwan37
    It felt good to learn that the couple recovered their boat/home.