Richard Lindzen
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You could wake up in the morning and the streets were lined with the trees that had been blown down.
Interestingly enough, that has not recurred in New York for about 30 years, 40, 50 years.
But then 38-
was a gigantic hurricane, and I was born in a town on a lake in Massachusetts called Lake Chagagagman, Chagagag, Shabunaguguma.
Yes, it's a real name.
Whoa.
But at any rate, in that lake were a couple of islands that were created by the hurricane of 1938 just blowing stuff around.
Really?
Yeah.
But that also killed a lot of people because we didn't have the information of it coming.
No, I mean, how should I put it?
I'm glad it came then, not now, I suppose.
If it came now, it would be proof.
As well as the French.
Yeah.
You know, you're not going to see gigantic numbers, but
Again, that global metric is a little bit confusing.
Locally, it was a huge effect.
Hope for the best.