Bring an inch of salted water to a boil in a large pot. Put the crabs in a steamer basket or insert, or simply pile them into the pot and let the bottom crabs boil slightly and act as a platform for the other crabs to steam. Cover and cook 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of the crabs. Remove the steamer or pull the crabs out of the pot with tongs.Let them sit until cool enough to handle before you clean and serve them. I've been known to give them a rinse under cool water to speed up the process.
Though the wave may not qualify as a ârogue wave,â it could have been created by the same forces. To officially be rogue, the waveâs height must be more than double the âsignificant wave heightâ of the area, which is calculated by averaging the height of the tallest third of all the nearby waves. The wave measured 26 feet tall and shattered plate-glass windows at the bow of the vessel.
Although a wave rolling across the Atlantic is not the same as a radio wave, they both work according to the same principles, and the same equations can be used to describe them. A rogue wave is one that is at least twice the âsignificant wave heightâ, which refers to the average of the third highest waves in a given period of time. According to satellite-based measurements, rogue waves do not only exist, they are relatively frequent. The sceptics had got their sums wrong, and what was once folklore is now fact.