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
blame humans
We shouldn't try to blame humans for all of this.
active expect nearly season
We expect a season nearly as active as this year's (1998),
experience overall seen storms suggest thus
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,
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.
clip fact favorable good moving storm
The fact that this storm is moving at a good clip is favorable for getting stronger,
act applied assumption atmosphere believed fail future indeed memory ocean period several
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.
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.
florida seeing sitting
We're going to be seeing a $50 billion-, $70 billion-, $100 billion-damage storm. Florida is a sitting duck.
both comparable enhanced era evidence hurricane major past season strongly weaker
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.
argument bias data favor globe humans natural people push warmer
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.
face industry insurance major people return types
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.
happen luck
Won't happen to us. This leg's got more luck in it.
active based data foresee hurricane obtained research seasons
Based on research data obtained through July, we foresee one of the most active hurricane seasons on record.