Dear Ken, Thank you for the interesting read. Most of the latest news on El Nino are predicting for a Godzilla on the way but how much of that is going to take shape in reality is something that we have to wait and watch. Let us hope that El Nino brings some relief to the drought in the west coast. I read elsewhere that California would need 1.5 times it normal rainfall to get out of the extended drought. Can all the precipitation events be linked to El Nino alone? How can we tell what amount / percent of precipitation events are as a result of the El Nino effect? Last year we had a cold winter thanks to the Polar Vortex.. so this year can we say that El Nino is going to keep the polar vortex at bay? Any thoughts on how much of correlation exists between them? Would be interested in knowing your thoughts. Thanks!