In article ,
michael adams wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1533737,00.html

And you are regarded THAT as being an ACCURATE representation of
what he said? Have you NO experience of how scientific statements
get mangled in the press?

Professor Saunders says that the current situation is a result of
natural climate variability. Drought trends going back more than
100 years show this sort of natural cycle repeating itself time
and again. He also rules out global warming as a contributing
factor since it is expected to cause wetter winters.

And there you can see it. Assuming that he knows his statistics,
the first sentence is likely to be an accurate representation of
what he said, but the term 'natural cycle' was almost certainly
introduced as a loose description by the reporter.

I'm not in the habit of posting unsupported rubbish on NewsGroups

Then please don't do so again.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.