I still wonder how that relates to the sun? http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/bfly.gif and particularly with the PDO http://www.climate4you.com/images/PDO%20AnnualIndexSince1900%20With7yearRunningAverage.gif and/or AMO http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Amo_timeseries_1856-present.svg *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html