El Nio opts not to rear its ugly face

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: December 17, 2006| Author: Les Blumenthal, McCLATCHY NEWS SERVICE | Copyright information

WASHINGTON -- After weeks of relentless, record rain, hurricane- force winds, floods and heavy mountain snows, scientists are starting to wonder when El Nio will show up and provide a break in the ugly weather that has been pummeling the Pacific Northwest.

A week ago, the National Weather Service said that this winter's El Nio was intensifying, and it predicted that it would last longer than expected next spring. So far, however, there has been no sign of the weather phenomenon, which...

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