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Date Added: July 03, 2008 11:24:09 PM
John Roads was a college student when the airplane he was traveling in was struck by lightning. He later called it a life-changing event. He went on to become a climate forecast innovator and a key researcher in climate studies at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where he encouraged younger colleagues and mentored graduate students.

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