"No," Jane said. "No. I mean, yes, there is some indication in the models—if you set the parameters just right, there are some, um, indicators that an F-6 might become a stable configuration under certain circumstances.... Look, Leo, we don’t emphasize that aspect, okay? The woods are full of nutty amateurs running homemade climate models and declaring all kinds of crazy doomsday crap. It would look really bad if the press started telling everybody that Jerry’s forecasting some kind of giant permanent storm over Oklahoma. That’s just not responsible behavior from a scientist. Jerry’s got problems enough already with the labcoat crowd, without that kind of damage to his credibility."