No sunspots, no hurricane activity and no Republicans in the US government. Is there a link ?

>Sunspot activity has been very low for some time now. A new cycle *might* have started earlier this year, but that's not certain - there has been little activity since.
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>>Hi,
>>This probably is as a result of the low level of solar activity at present, we haven't had a good gale here for a while also.
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>>The IPCC says solar activity doesn't have anything to do with it, any rational individual would say it does.
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>>>Not much has happened in the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, in the first two months:
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>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Atlantic_hurricane_season