William Gray
William Gray
American attorney who served as a federal judge. He was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1966.
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth26 March 1912
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This in turn has led to a number of Atlantic Ocean and global oceanic circulation changes that have brought on more major storms during the past four years. The pattern is very similar to what was occurring in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
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No credible evidence is available or likely will be available soon that will directly associate global surface temperature change to changes in global hurricane frequency and intensity.
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Based on research data obtained through July, we foresee one of the most active hurricane seasons on record.
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The fact that this storm is moving at a good clip is favorable for getting stronger,
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The odds strongly favor us entering a new era for storms.
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Even with the increased forecast numbers, this won't be one of the worst seasons of the century, ... but we are anticipating an active season not unlike several of the most recent years.
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We feel the 1999 season will be comparable to the one just past and not too much weaker than the 1995 and 1996 seasons, both of which were very busy. Climatic evidence strongly suggests that we are embarking on a new era of enhanced major hurricane activity.
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The people who have a bias in favor of the argument that humans are making the globe warmer will push any data that suggests humans are making hurricanes worse, but it just isn't so. These are natural cycles.
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We are going to see the return of some of these types of storms. People have to face up to it. The insurance industry has a major problem.
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Won't happen to us. This leg's got more luck in it.
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Climatic evidence strongly suggests that we are embarking on a new era of enhanced major hurricane activity.
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In the past two years we've had two unlucky years. Globally, storms aren't getting worse, just in the Atlantic.
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We've called for 12 storms and have seen two thus far, but in our experience that doesn't suggest anything about the overall season,
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There have been a heck of a lot of storms in the Caribbean in the last 11 years. You've dodged a bunch of them. In any one year the probability of a major storm striking the Virgin Islands is low, but you'll at least be watching more storms pass to the north and south of you than in the down period from 1970 to 1994.