[allmost]

From my initial post
"I guess they just didn’t like the numbers from Florida, Louisiana, etc. so they threw them out. "
Check your rain statistics.
Vitamin could be a contributing factor. The left coast seems to be big on soy milk, tofu, etc. and they would be lacking it.

[allmost]

Vitamin D that is.

[happygrl]

The left coast seems to be big on soy milk, tofu, etc. and they would be lacking it.

That would explain a lot of other "things" too as soy can cause hormonal feminization issues in males.