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jteehan on January 25, 2008 - 1:09am

This is a facinating report. Thank you very much for taking the time to present it.

I've been really busy this winter so I haven't followed the hydrocarbon issues very closely. However, every little hill and mountain in the southern end of the San Francisco bay area are not only covered in snow, but you could see the snow falling during the day, which I don't remember in my 45 years.

I've been joking for weeks at work complaining about the lack of global warming.

Does anyone follow the status of the thermal conveyor in the Atlantic and know of any changes, dramatic or otherwise, which may also be affecting sea temperature?

Is anyone worried that it's going to be really damn hot this summer?

I don't know what to make of it all. But thanks to your report, I'm at least thinking about it again.

Thanks,
Jeff

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TenThousandMileMargin on January 25, 2008 - 4:01am

I don't know about the Atlantic, but the Pacific switched from El Nino to La Nina conditions in June 07 - that's why we've got floods in Austalia rather that droughts.
Our droughts tend to end with floods. Not necessarily anything to do with climate change, our climate has always tended to swing to extremes.

Quite likely there is some sort of linkage to the Atlantic.

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