The latest and greatest trend these days is to blame everything on the sun, especially when it comes to ENSO changes. While I do agree that it is changes in the IMF/geomag activity that dictate ENSO, I want to concentrate solely on the physical and terrestrial effects instead. So from this point on, I hope you don't read anything that says, "because of the sun" for an explanation, or otherwise I'm a liar. Back in 2009, when I made a call for El Niño to form, one of the factors used in de