Ice Station Housman

Joel and Jimmy kick off the series with an episode about El Niño, that mysterious shift in warm ocean water that drives the whole planet bonkers every 2(ish) to 7(ish) years. They reflect on tiny changes and big effects, as well as how weather science (and science in general) is often a coin flip; heads is disaster, tails is disappointment.   Introductions El Niño on Wikipedia What are El Niño and La Niña? from NOAA.  Chris Farley's El Niño skit on Saturday Night Live. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration El Niño Portal The NOAA ENSO Blog Wunderground's El Niño Blog (A truly excellent blog) What does El Niño mean for the 2015-2016 Winter by Weather.com November El Niño update: It’s a small world from climate.gov. Historical White Christmas Chances Weatherbell.com - a truly excellent, but premium, weather model products site. El Niño and the Galápagos from climate.gov (we forgot to talk about this in the show, but there is some very cool information here. Check it out). By one measure, this wicked E