“Meteorologist see perfect in strange things, and the meshing of three completely independent weather systems to form a hundred-year event is one of them. My God, thought Case, this is the perfect storm.” — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“During the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, winds were past 200 miles per house and people caught outside were sandblasted to death. Rescue workers found nothing but their shoes and belt buckles… In 1938, the hurricane put downtown Providence, Rhode… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
Right now, America doesn't ask us to do anything besides pay taxes. We don't even have to vote. But as psychologists will tell you,… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
“There are houses in Gloucester where grooves have been worn into the floorboards by women pacing past an upstairs window, looking out to sea.” — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
“Billy's at 44 north, 56 west and heading straight into meteorological hell.” — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
There is some evidence that average wave heights are slowly rising, and that freak waves of eighty or ninety feet are becoming more common.… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
If you get an infection, you get a fever; the fever is your body dealing with the infection. If you get traumatized, your mind… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing. — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
I would never want to pass a law limiting freedom of speech, but that doesn't mean we have to condone statements that undermine basic… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
I think objectivity is like this strange myth that people think you're supposed to achieve, but actually, the dirty little secret is that it's… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
Each Javelin round costs $80,000, and the idea that it's fired by a guy who doesn't make that in a year at a guy… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
“I look at the names on the mailboxes and the bells inside number 1940 and pick out a couple of women’s names and press… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
It's fun to have money, but the more money I get, the less interesting it becomes. If you don't have very much, you have… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
“The United States is so powerful that the only country capable of destroying her might be the United States herself, which means that the… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
The most profound question is, "What would I risk dying for?" The natural answer is "for my family." But for most of history, we… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
When you're scared, you're still hanging on to life. When you're ready to die, you let it go. A sort of emptying out occurs,… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share
