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It was just raining nonstop.

It was constantly, torrentially raining.

In 1997, Kim Cobb set sail from Honolulu into the vast Pacific Ocean.

It was very choppy.

So you'd have these squal lines sweeping through these thunderstorm systems that would be dumping extreme amounts of rainfall,

kicking up quite a wind, which would in turn kick up waves in the ocean.

Maybe you've heard of storm chasers.

These are the folks you see driving towards extreme weather, while the rest of us are busy evacuating.

That's Kim Cobb.

Only she isn't chasing hurricanes or tornadoes.

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