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I was even a tad disappointed. I was expecting a sudden clearing in the clouds, the sun serenely shining down, and the sounds of distant angels singing before the little boat would hit a dark storm-wall on the other side, entering the chaos again.

Expectations really taint one's experience in matters like these.

>>teeker+(OP)
Yes, some movies depict the "eye" of the hurricane like that.

Wikipedia has this to say:

> Though the eye is by far the calmest part of the storm, with no wind at the center and typically clear skies, on the ocean it is possibly the most hazardous area. In the eyewall, wind-driven waves all travel in the same direction. In the center of the eye, however, the waves converge from all directions, creating erratic crests that can build on each other to become rogue waves. The maximum height of hurricane waves is unknown, but measurements during Hurricane Ivan when it was a Category 4 hurricane estimated that waves near the eyewall exceeded 40 m (130 ft) from peak to trough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_(cyclone)