"it would not be good for surfers"---NYPL info line

[Mark Kohut]

"My favorite so far was: 'What would happen if the moon exploded?' " she said. "That needed some clarification. He meant, if the moon were to disappear, would the lack of reflected light on earth cause the planet to freeze?" 

The answer, she texted back, is no. "The tides would be a problem though," she said, "It would not be good for surfers."

jeremy.olshan at nypost.com 



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