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Todos Santos is famous for big waves, which generally range between 25 and 35 ft. tall. This year, however, because of the storms ushered in by El Nino, the waves at Todos Santos have been epic. The official word isn't in yet, but the wave Knox rode may well have been more than 50 ft. high. If that's the case, Knox should win the K2 Big Wave Challenge, which at the end of this month will award a $50,000 prize to the surfer who caught the biggest wave of the season. And if he wins...
...ride, not the big cash prize, that's indelibly inscribed in his memory. "I caught the biggest wave of my life, so in my mind I've already won," he says. "You know, I've never seen a winter this big and this good--I hope El Nino comes back again next year...
...provision, but victims of natural disasters (El Nino victims, listen up!) are eligible for special tax relief. They can deduct losses incurred in '98 on their '97 return. To do so, they must be in a federally declared disaster area. The move fast-forwards your refund by a year. But there are income limits. If you expect to report dramatically lower income in '98, you may be able to deduct more of your loss then than you can on the '97 return...
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...
Relief will come, eventually. If this really is, as they say, the worst El Nino in 100 years, chances are that when the next one arrives, the pollen--and the sneezing--won't be nearly...