Howell's Storm: New York City's Official Rainmaker and the 1950 Drought

Howell's Storm: New York City's Official Rainmaker and the 1950 DroughtMore than half a century ago, New York City suffered from a drought that lasted through 1949 and into 1950. By February, the desperate city had to try something different. Mayor William ODwyer hired a municipal rainmaker. Dr. Wallace E. Howell was an inspired choice. The handsome, thirty five year old Harvard educated meteorologist was the ideal scientistsoft spoken, modest, and articulate. No fast talking prairie huckster, he took credit for nothing

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