A storm that dies at sea hurts nobody. One that blows itself out over the hills takes roofs, trees and power lines with it.
Doreen died over the Pennines and Clive died out at sea. Everybody was much happier about the way Clive went. Why?
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They had names, but they weren’t people.
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They were storms
Source: Agnes Rogers and Richard G. Sheehan, How Come Again?, 1960, with the names changed