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El Nino 2006 - 2007 related phenomena recorded in Southern California
  recorded in January/February of 2007.
   1. Early January 2007 - Jumbo Squid are reported caught by the hundreds
       off San Diego by many different sport fishing boats. See photo below right.
   2. Record freezing temperatures hit California
       in early to mid January and cause millions of
       dollars of damage to the citrus and avacado
       crops.  See photo below.









                                             3. At left is a photo Prof Kelly received from
                                                 Alan Grant (a diver/photograher) on 1/25/07
                                                 and included the following explanation: "This
                                                 beautiful "shell" is actually the egg case of the
                                                 paper nautilus, Argonauta sp., or argonaut.
                                                 It is related to an octopus, and looks like a 
                                                 chambered nautilus, with big eyes on each side
                                                 and short tentacles with suckers. Normally
                                                 found in tropical waters around the world, I
                                                 found this one lying in about 30 feet of water
                                                 last week while diving at Catalina Island.  It
                                                 probably represents an aberrant El Nino current
                                                 from Mexico washing this up to Catalina. The
                                                 case is paper thin and quite brittle.  A friend of
                                                 mine, Angel Valdes, who is curator of
                                                 Molluscs, has asked me to donate it to the
                                                 Los Angeles Museum of Natural History."

   For more information about the 2006 - 2007 El Nino, visit the following
   N.O.A.A. El Nino information page:  Click here