that you are talking about? Furthermore, are you arguing that the authors would write up their work and then purposely sit on it to try to time it for some event? Opps! You're right about the dates. Yes, I've seen papers withheld for various reasons. They used imagery up to 2006. Then: By 2007, Steig finally had the 25 years' worth of data he needed, and teamed up with Michael Mann at Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Since "The Fear of God" losts its impact on people, the next best subject that people always felt uncertain and certainly vulnurable has always been about the weather, as far as we can go back in humanity's history. Weather is the number one subject for people. Having press releases saying that the Wrath of God has been seen on a Silver Ship around Jupiter and is heading this way would certainly not be catchy anymore nowadays but using weather related doom stories stikes a chord at our very soul and existence... and nobody is deaf at weather events because we all lived through bad weather and see what it can do. It's a feeling related subject. Anthony: Your comment that newspaper editors rarely publish input that is a verbatim extract from a blog does not apply to the Seattle Times. As a life-long resident of the Seattle area and ST reader, I guarantee you that none of the ST editors every read any blog like yours. They are well-known for their "don't confuse