Perfect Storm

A "perfect storm" is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically. The term is also used to describe an actual phenomenon that happens to occur in such a confluence, resulting in an event of unusual magnitude.

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Famous quotes containing the words perfect and/or storm:

    “Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.”
    —John Ruskin (1819–1900)

    “There was never yet such a storm but it was Æolian music to a healthy and innocent ear.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)