not in evidence when you make your accusation: This makes clear that your direct experience of Anarctica extends only to one summer season. It is very difficult, therefore, to understand how you can make observations based upon your direct experience in regard to "summer seasons...getting colder". I get the feeling that nothing would satisfy those who believe in AGW. I also suspect that Ross Hays' summer in the Antarctic is probably one season more than you have spent in the Antarctic. If I'm mistaken, please tell us what it was like down there. What were your personal observations? Was it, like, cold? It is unnecessary to ask for fast publication. The Nature Group prides themselves on haste, as evidenced below. Since this was a letter, the time delay was only 56 days. From experience (I was involved in editing one, but not as an author) it is very highly likely that one could predict +/- two weeks the publication date by reviewing the previous publications and then determining when to submit it for maximum timeliness. I ask you to explain the received and accepted dates below??? I lost you there Tim...If I read the received and accepted dates correctly, this paper took almost a year to get accepted (although there whole thing is a bit confusing given that the publication data says "2008? when they clearly meant "2009?). Where is this 56 days and +- two weeks predictability that you are talking about? Furthermore, are you arguing that the authors