[mc5cents]

Are you sure that was Long? Sounds more like ole Sam Clemens to me :-)

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.twainquotes.com/Weather.html

Many quotes on weather, but none like Lazarus Long.

I often find statements from Jonathan Swift close to both
Mark Twain and Robert Heinlein.
Also Close statements from mark Twain in Robert Heinlein's
works.