As one farm worker in his fifties said angrily, "Wasting so many of nature's gifts like that made the gods angry." Sure enough, the harvest fell from 10,000 tons in 1982 to just over 2,000 tons in 1983.
「從此以後，玉井的芒果年年歉收」，一位務農五十餘年的老農憤慨地說：「糟蹋天物，天公伯不高興了。」