Honeymooners killed by rouge wave in Hawaii
aka Bob
http://starbulletin.com/2006/11/22/news/story12.html
Sea's victims swapped vows
The newlyweds died after being swept off rocks near Kahakuloa
By Gary T. Kubota
gku...@starbulletin.com
WAILUKU » A California couple who died in rough seas near a rocky
north Maui shoreline have been identified as newlyweds Parag P.
Khurjekar and his wife, Mamata D. Godbole.
Khurjekar and Godbole, of San Jose, both 34, arrived on Maui Thursday,
a day before their death, and the trip was their first to the Valley
Isle.
"They seemed happy," recalled Celeste McDaniels, a front-desk agent at
the Kapalua Villas.
The two traveled by rental car to the Olivine Pools near the Bell
Stone and milepost 16 on the Lahaina side of Kahakuloa Friday, police
said.
Maui police Lt. John Jakubczak said that according to witnesses,
Godbole was taking a photograph of Khurjekar on the edge of the pools,
which jut out into a peninsula, when a wave struck him and swept him
away.
Jakubczak said witnesses don't know whether Godbole was swept in by
another wave or had jumped into the ocean, but she was later seen
treading water.
Witnesses said Khurjekar was lying face down in the ocean when an
emergency call was placed to authorities, a fire official said.
Fire rescue workers were dispatched at 12:50 p.m. Friday, but by the
time they arrived at 1:15 p.m., both Khurjekar and Godbole were
unconscious.
Khurjekar's body was retrieved by helicopter, and a personal
watercraft operator pulled Godbole from the sea.
Khurjekar, a citizen of India with a work visa, was an engineer
program manager for Applied Materials Inc. in California, Jakubczak
said.
Another California man died at the Olivine Pools in 2004 after being
swept out by a huge wave while sightseeing with his 14-year-old
daughter.
The daughter survived and was picked up by helicopter after 22 minutes
in the water.
Fire officials said they didn't know the size of the wave that swept
Khurjekar into the ocean.
During winter months, rogue waves sometimes 20 to 30 feet high can
suddenly appear and sweep across the Olivine Pools too quickly for
visitors to retreat upland.
The pools are made of sharp volcanic rock and lie next to the open
ocean without a coral reef on the fringe to reduce the power of the
wave.
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Bermuda999
aka Bob wrote:
I believe rouge waves only occur during a crimson tide
R H Draney
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"Rouge wave"?...
You know you're in for it when the ocean starts putting on warpaint....r
--
"Keep your eye on the Bishop. I want to know when
he makes his move", said the Inspector, obliquely.
Brad Ferguson
Bermuda999 <bermu...@aol.com> wrote:
> aka Bob wrote:
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> I believe rouge waves only occur during a crimson tide
No, no. The rouge wave hit in 1994. The azure wave was two weeks ago.
Charlene
Bermuda999 wrote:
> aka Bob wrote:
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> I believe rouge waves only occur during a crimson tide
In the Red Sea, actually.
wd42
Joe Pucillo
> I believe rouge waves only occur during a crimson tide
Nope. *Any*time you're marooned, it's by a rouge wave.
hth
JP
peterpuck86
I didn't notice the rouge wave, but I heard the crimson tide occurs
weekly in Alabama.
When I saw the headline, I thought of Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows
and the fact that they were already dead......................P
MWB
Mark