Some years ago when I was working in the Geophysical Survey industry in Aberdeen, Scotland, I went on a course delivered by Les Hatton.

Les struck me as a true gent. Intelligent, humble, and funny. His course in "safer C" left a lasting impression on me.

Well, it was interesting to see his name crop up on The Register where he questioned the IPCC claim that there was a link between hurricane activity and recent warming.

His conclusion, which is available at the Register link above, is fully verifiable by anyone with basic Excel skills. He claims that there is no statistical link.

Les emailed me today to say that this article  is his second most downloaded paper in his whole career, which is not insignificant.

On the same day, Roger Pielke Jr reported that the World Met Office came to exactly the same conclusion (OK, more or less).

My point? Well, Les Hatton isn't exactly the guy down the pub with an opinion. He is a respected academic with an impressive track record in Geophysics and Software Engineering.

If he can pick up some data an run it through Excel, and come to the same conclusion as the supposed "experts" in their area, in a matter of days. then why on earth don't the climate scientists open all their work to outside scrutiny?

On the same day, I hear that John Graham-Cumming has had his work confirmed by the UK Met Office showing bugs in their temperature software.

As I have said before, and as many others have said, including Steven Mosher, we need to open up the whole game to the public domain.

This is the only way trust will be restored in climate science.