Even more astonishing was the legendary Dec. 9, 2005, "Snowicane". This quick-hitting but furious system hit Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts with an epic assortment of wild weather.
That will at least give some time for negotiators and civil society groups to pour over the paperwork to see how big the gap is between the pledges and having a decent shot at keeping global temperatures below 2C (and lowering the risks of all the impacts that come from rising temperatures, such as increasingly furious extreme weather events and rising sea levels).
The first Open at St Andrews, in 1873, took place on a waterlogged course, and in 1885 the Daily Mail spluttered that "furious and tyrannical weather has not even the advantage of keeping women away from the scene.
In that story, at self-involved loose ends, Moominpappa relocates the family to a remote, rocky island, his mood turning only when the weather becomes furious.
There, he weathered the furious bombardment as the Americans and Filipinos made their last stand, and when Corregidor fell, made it to the mainland in a canoe.
CAPITALS 5, BRUINS 3: Peter Bondra scored two goals, and host Washington weathered a furious comeback to hand Boston its fifth straight loss.
By the time it ended at 11 25 p.m. Eastern time, these Knicks had weathered a furious Portland rally and held on for a 93-89 victory, a feat last season's Knicks never could have pulled off.
The Leafs, meanwhile, were calling for Stevens to be suspended because he joined the fray from the penalty box, where he had spent the game's final 17 seconds after being whistled for hooking Thomas while Brodeur weathered a furious Toronto attack.
In the game, Providence took a commanding 18-9 lead on a 13-4 run, before weathering a furious comeback attempt by Pacifica Christian (19-5) to hold on for the win.
Consciousness of Serra's furious ambition — an arbitrary force, like weather — addles both analysis and aesthetic response.
