Hey Dan, no longer at the Chronicle? We flew over the Crazies in 2008. I left Livingston a few months later. In Ketchum now. Much better. Good luck.
"Reconstructions of Northern Hemisphere temperatures for the 2nd millennium according to various older articles (bluish lines), newer articles (reddish lines), and instrumental record (black line)."
There. Now what changes about the thesis given this explanation of the graph? Note the instrumental record, black line. Of course that won't help if one adheres to a flat line.
Re: “Livingston's battle”
When I moved to Livingston in 2008 for a job as a reporter for The Livingston Enterprise, I was blissfully unaware of this extreme groundwater pollution. I was shocked. I know the lawyer bringing the suit against BN from a story I wrote about a bridge issue where he lived and wish him well. This is a tragedy of epic proportions for a place so scenic and a water and fish mecca. Nice work on this one plucked from the memory hole. Given the situation in Libby, Montana is a much hammered place all through its history. Time to change that.