Word: nino
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Allergies in February? Record pollen counts in March? Blame it on--what else?--El Nino, the warm patch of Pacific water that has played havoc with the world's weather for months. Thanks to an extremely mild winter, trees across much of the U.S.--including maple, alder, cottonwood and oak--are budding two to three weeks early, filling the air with their irritating pollen. Add torrential rains, which have produced bumper crops of wildflowers and grasses in the Southeast, along the Gulf Coast and in Southern California, and you have the makings of what some experts predict will...
...have no idea what the weather is," she said. "El Nino is putting everything out of perspective...
...NINO'S WRATH...
...least El Nino is a welcome change of pace [SCIENCE, Feb. 16] from Washington mudslinging, snow jobs, storms of controversy, floods of salacious rumors and the avalanche of media overkill. BONNIE COMPTON HANSON Santa Ana, Calif...
Weather reporters have been passing along a lot of hype and confusion in their snippets of news concerning El Nino. Finally I understand what El Nino is really all about and why. Thank you for a wonderful and enlightening article. But now, how will it be possible to keep blaming El Nino for everything from the Lewinsky and Clinton scandal to Saddam Hussein's activities? BOB KELLER Lake Havasu City, Ariz...