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Excerpt from The Collecting Net: March, 1939 We may now ask: Could the wave have been predicted in advance? The answer is: Yes, if the path that the cyclone center actually followed had been correctly anticipated. The occurrence of storm waves in connection with tropical hurri canes on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico is known to all experienced inhabitants as well as govern ment meteorologists there, and the Weather Eu reau always gives warnings of high water as part of its regular hurricane warnings in that section. Why was not such service rendered to the people of Southern New England? Thereby hangs a tale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.