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
luck lucky ran run
We were very lucky in that eight-year period, and the luck just ran out. We always thought it would run out.
blame humans
We shouldn't try to blame humans for all of this.
faith history
Without faith institutions, you can't have a community. Their history is the history of the community.
almost average coast east hit storms term twice
We actually think the probability of the East Coast being hit with storms is almost twice what the long term average is for this year.
florida seeing sitting
We're going to be seeing a $50 billion-, $70 billion-, $100 billion-damage storm. Florida is a sitting duck.
activity bad continuing news predicting september
Unfortunately, we are continuing the bad news by predicting above-average activity for September and October.
active point season seen
Unfortunately, the very active season we have seen to this point is not yet over.
coming greater hurricane inevitable major regardless scale whether
Regardless of whether a major hurricane makes landfall this year, it is inevitable that we will see hurricane-spawned destruction in coming years on a scale many, many times greater than we have in the past.
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We have always believed that the atmosphere will act in the future as it has in the past. This assumption can fail in some years but when applied over a period of several years we find that the atmosphere and ocean does indeed have a long period memory in most years.
expect land major states united
We do not expect to see as many land-falling major hurricanes in the United States as we have experienced in 2004 and 2005.
active expect nearly season
We expect a season nearly as active as this year's (1998),
activity atlantic climate positive signals storm
All of the climate signals in the Atlantic Basin that we've been monitoring are very positive for above-average storm activity this year,
andrew hit hurricane last major storm
The last major storm to come through Florida, before Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992, was Hurricane Betsy in 1965, which went through the Keys.
active atlantic climate looks major signals
The climate signals are such that this looks like it's going to be an active year. Atlantic sea-surface temperatures are very warm. That's a major factor.