In 2001, a windstorm caused severe damage to the remaining storm glass, causing air and rain to leak into the building.

Some people have proposed that surface interactions between the glass wall of the storm glass and the liquid contents account for the crystals.

Cecil Adams performed informal experiments with a storm glass and found that the success of prediction was no better than random probability.

The mixture of the storm glass was decomposed under the influence of the electricity that pervaded the atmosphere.

During the historic voyage, FitzRoy carefully documented how the storm glass would predict the weather:

Anne Marie Helmenstine discusses how storm glasses work in an About.com article:

"A storm glass works on the premise that temperature and pressure affect solubility, sometimes resulting in clear liquid; other times causing precipitants to form.

Although it is well-established that temperature affects solubility, some studies have simultaneously observed several different storm glasses forming similar crystal patterns at different temperatures.

The windows are all set with six-over-six double-hung sash protected by a layer of storm glass, with minimal wooden sills and lintels.

Merryweather lobbied for the government to make use of his design around the British coastline but they instead opted for Robert FitzRoy's storm glass.

He stepped back out of the doorway, crossed the street with the light, moved up the block, and pushed through the storm glass doors to the lobby of his building.

Bond and the girl followed Doctor No through into a small octagonal mahogany panelled room lit by a central chandelier in silver with storm glasses round the candles.

The storm also caused the Crown to distribute storm glasses, then known as "FitzRoy's storm barometers," to many small fishing communities around the British Isles.

The "Glass" series-currently composed of Storm Glass, Sea Glass, and Spy Glass-is a spin-off of the Poison Study Series following the life of Opal Cowan.

A storm glass is a type of weather forecasting device, composed of a sealed glass container, filled with liquid, that allows the user to forecast the weather by observing the appearance of the liquid in the glass.

In response, the British Crown distributed storm glasses, then known as "FitzRoy's storm barometers," to many small fishing communities around the British Isles that were to be consulted by ships at port before setting sail.

However, there have been a few published studies in peer-reviewed journals testing the instrument's accuracy; one example is an article in the Journal of Crystal Growth, whose conclusion was that temperature change is the sole cause of crystal growth in storm glasses.

She is also the author of a collection of short fiction, Storm Glass, and four books of poetry, I Am Walking in the Garden of His Imaginary Palace, False Shuffles, The Little Flowers of Madame de Montespan, and Some Other Garden.