In coastal regions, for instance, large bangs may accompany humungous waves hitting the cliffs; reports of thunderous sounds are apparently common among big-wave surfers in the US.
He motioned at the expansive lawn, and further afield to take in the sweep of Waitangi Bay, the boats on the blue-grey water, the last of the sun hitting the cliffs across the sea, his life on the island.
"When the boat hit the cliff with that big wave, that's really just right in front of us.
The height of the unbroken freefall in the programme was over 65m before the gosling first hit the cliff face.
Instead, I believe that first the consumer business will hit the cliff, at which point, Microsoft will evolve into a full-on enterprise company.
For city folk, rock gyms offer the training and practice needed to hit the cliffs on weekends.
After losing engine power, the stricken boat washed backwards and forwards for about an hour, "within arm's reach of the island", Mr Prince said "Then it hit the cliffs with a crack, and that's when it all really started to go to hell".
Stephanopoulos says that we are thirty days away from "hitting" the fiscal cliff, and I mean -- are we atop the cliff and about to go over or are we at the bottom of the cliff and perhaps about collide with it, for some reason?
The U2 lead singer's visit comes as the Obama administration and congressional leaders try to forge a deal in coming weeks to avoid the economy hitting the "fiscal cliff" - tax increases and spending cuts worth $600 billion starting in January if Congress does not act.
Recent storm-force south-westerly winds hitting the crumbling cliffs have produced some of the most conducive conditions for fossil hunting on the beaches around Lyme Regis in several years.
