Three hours later the tsunami hit Male with a wave about 3ft high.
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The project uses devices called wave rider buoys, installed about five nautical miles off Bragar and Siader in Lewis, to gather data about wave height and strength.
"We wondered why he was doing that, so we turned around and saw this wave, about three meters, " Mollemans said.
On its face The Mobile Wave is about how technology that we can fit in our pocket is set to transform the global economy.
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There will be the obligatory tidal wave of articles about every aspect of the phone.
His remarks came just before a wave of revelations about Switzerland's record during the second world war.
But at least one good thing may come out of the wave of defaults about to hit Europe.
Some people suggest that Mr Netanyahu has deliberately stirred up this wave of speculation about an Israeli strike in an effort to stiffen international sanctions against Iran.
As I noted in a post yesterday, the optical networking components companies were hit hard on Tuesday on a wave of concern about how the industry will be affected by damage to key contract manufacturer Fabrinet from the recent severe flooding in Thailand.
In Tokyo, about 400 people lined up at an Apple store, where the first wave of buyers were raving about the "beautiful" high definition screen.
What is interesting about their wave form is that they only collapse into a particle when being observed.
The financial crisis has also produced a wave of popular fury about over-paid executives and their unaccountable ways.
But the international wave of positive sentiment about the India story is receding.
Analysts and rating agencies worry about a wave of writedowns by companies that decide to unwind contracts--simply to avoid investigation.
And, according to Ms Armstrong, the tobacco industry is not quaking with fear about a wave of plain packaging legislation.
The median home price across all 500 ZIPs in our index fell 5% from last year, and experts worry about a wave of new foreclosures hitting the market.
However, what we found fascinating was that the third wave was not simply about virtual working, but was more about the re-emergence of co-located work in neighborhood hubs and local coffee shops.
Rotenberg said he still has privacy concerns about millimeter wave machines, including what information is captured by the machine -- even if unseen by screeners -- and how long that information is retained.
The original iPad and its first wave of rivals measured about 10 inches across, but more recent entries such as Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7 have been 7 inches -- small enough to slip into a coat pocket.
Last week, I wrote about the new wave of journalist on our full-time staff.
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The moving wave-wall carried Les about 5 meters upwards, to first-floor level, where he grabbed a post.
"There was a moment when it made sense to talk about a New Wave, but that has passed, " he says.
But a variant of the technique, which involves measuring changes in the speed of the reflected wave, can reveal information about moisture.
As one might expect, the international airline industry is less than enthusiastic about this new wave of governmental intervention into its business practices.
And when a wave meets an obstacle of about the same size as its wavelength, it is scattered in a process known as diffraction.
Analysts write about the coming wave of foreclosures as if the people in those houses were going to be taken completely out of the housing market when they are evicted.
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