Severe Weather
New York experiences an average of ten tornadoes per year, with one tornado every five years considered strong or violent. The return period for hurricane impacts on the state is 18–19 years, with major hurricane return periods between 70–74 years.
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Famous quotes containing the words severe and/or weather:
“from deep in the dark head
his smile glowing
outward into the
room’s severe twilight,
he lies....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“What
One believes is what matters. Ecstatic identities
Between one’s self and the weather and the things
Of the weather are the belief in one’s element,
The casual reunions, the long-pondered
Surrenders, the repeated sayings that
There is nothing more and that it is enough....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)