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    Gawd, between Parabolix (I may have to start calling you &quot;Paranoix&quot<img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> and Sirius´s &quot;not believing&quot; el nino causes dramatic weather changes, I´m starting to wonder about you guys. Study what´s going on at <A href=´http://www.noaa.gov´ Target=_Blank> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration </a> and take time to read through all their research they´ve been doing for the past 50 years. Time for a bit of reality about this. ps: I used to be the navigator on a ship and NOAA was our chief source of all weather and ocean current information. They are for all cruise ships and merchant and Navy ships as well. I think they know what they´re talking about. And yes, they are the ones who study el nino (or la nina) which is a change in the ocean temperature (Nino is warmer, Nina is colder) and use this to predict weather cycles. It´s a well known and very real indicator of weather patterns. Edited by - Boscoe on 1/18/2005 7:29:21 AM

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    I´m not paranoid, just aware <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Plus I´ve got an annoying tendency to read between the lines <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Btw Boscoe, Did <b>they </b> get to you too? <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Edited by - parabolix on 1/18/2005 1:46:45 PM

    Now that im back its time for me to say my piece. Firstly as many of you know i live in the city of Carlisle which was devastated by flooding. I myself saw the scenes of the flooding which some of you will have seen on TV first hand. I also have friends who were made homeless by the flooding and its a crying shame, granted its not as bad as the effects of the tsunami but its still bad. As a direct consequence of the flooding i lost power for two days and therefore was unable to revise for two important exams which i undertook last week at my school even though it had been partially submerged. I will post a link to a site where many of the pictures of the floods are catalouged shortly. Hopefully the situation will improve for those who are still even now without power here. I would like you all to spare a thought for all of the people caught up in the freak weather we as a planet have been experiencing in the past few weeks. Thats my &quot;two cents&quot; as you Americans say.