Since some of you chimed in, here is the most recent quake information (fault lines included ) along with the Aleutian chain. Also included is the flood information from south Texas with some wild numbers to grasp .

Stones have birthdays? Oh course, Happy Birthday Jeff.

Foundation The Tabernacle havana seed CT. #142. Wanted to try something different that my usual Maduro. Good choice, has good spice and ample body. The ash appears loose, but these just came into the shop yesterday so this is ROTT. And Tom @BlindedByScience; thanks for the correction on...

We are good. Some of the rain drifted up here, but these folks are very bad, 4 foot high water etc. see photos

You could check with the zoo for a unemployed anteater.

These are from just a few moments ago. Going to make an investment on a new site that is going to plunk your magic twanger froggy. Hope you like it. South TX hill country is getting slammed; over 20" of rain and more coming. Bad flooding, road closures etc.

Happy Birthday Mike. Get the cello demo ready.

Crowned Heads Belgian Blue sitting out in our gazebo with some coffee and a visit from by old buddy the chi-wow-wha (????) dog. So much easier to spell pug!

Three radar images of the USA. #2 is without cloud effect, #3 shows with clouds.

Padrón 2000 Maduro while the sun is coming up, 73°, just the sweetest lite breeze and some good coffee, The best part of the day is today being my 15 Anniversary here on CP. Thank you all. Have enjoyed getting to know and share with you.

Happy Birthday. I was on one of the carriers during the Cuban Crisis. Your handle has some meaning to me. Hope you have a great day.

Well, I like the name alone. Hope it was a great smoke in between laps.

Yep; those are some sweet looking pipes for sure. I just enjoy seeing them.

Thank you @dawgie for this fat boy. Poor photo but it was early, cloudy. Is a nice almost medium smoke that is paring well with the coffee and proving to be quite enjoyable while I go through my morning ritual of goofing off. Thank you sir, good smoke.

This is a bit long, and it is some heavy stuff to comprehend. I hope some of you find it interesting and enjoy it. It does however answer the question " what is this all about - the Super El Niño