User talk:Bazzerface

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 Sincerely, JRPG (talk) 22:18, 23 December 2016 (UTC)  [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:JRPG&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Welcome_to_Wikipedia/user-talk_preload (Leave me a message)] Español

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Your experience of St Kilda
I'd just like to make sure you feel as welcome as possible contributing to St Kilda and other pages. I would have loved to go there. If you want to add the source for the 12m wave please do so, otherwise I will add it crediting you.

Regards JRPG (talk) 18:02, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks JRPG. The source for the 40-foot waves is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30402293. 'Power restored as 'weather bomb' storm subsides'. Dated    11 December 2014. This news report stated:

para 8: 'A wind speed of 144mph was recorded on the remote St Kilda islands, with gusts in excess of 80mph elsewhere.' and

para 17: 'Waves heights of up to 40ft (12m) battered the west coast for much of the day, with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science saying that one of its monitoring buoys had recorded a wave of 52ft (16m) at 15:00 - the highest it had ever seen.'

So I guess the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science is the origin of the 40ft waves, off the west coast of Scotland. I reckon the National Trust, which 'owns' the St Kilda group of islands may also have some records of wave heights coming into Village Bay.

I suspect those two pargraphs got mixed up by whoever made the claim about 40 foot waves hitting the beach in Village Bay.

I can't even find the page I edited now - - - - -. help!

Does this help?

Seasons Greetings.

brgds Barry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.54.216.19 (talk) 19:04, 26 December 2016 (UTC)