«Both [Fall et al. 2011 and Menne et al. 2010](and cited by Muller et al) do an analysis over a thirty year
time period while the Muller et al paper uses data for comparison from 1950 — 2010... I see this as a basic failure in understanding the limitations of the siting survey we conducted on the USHCN, rendering the Muller et al paper conclusions highly
uncertain, if not erroneous... I consider the paper fatally flawed as it now stands, and thus I recommend it be removed from publication consideration by JGR
until such
time that it can be reworked... it appears they have circumvented the scientific process in favor of PR.»