Who's jumping to hasty conclusions? I don't think anyone is experiencing optical illusions and Don is the king of checking data first.

Score it how high or how low as you please. Noone is saying that this is now going to be the foundation for which all earthquake forecasting and communication is based.

Just keep in mind that several times Don has stated this theory. When the creep increases in the Bay Area something checks in up the coast. He has been very specific about where up north as well as his parameters of increasing creep in the bay area. I find this far from coincidence.