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Updated on May 20, 2003
		May 14, 2003 Dear Brian, You asked the question "if people in Hurricane prone areas get complacent w/all the hurricane warnings, etc." Not really, because they can predict the hurricanes a bit better and only panic when it gets close. I used to live in New Orleans and only when it was in the Gulf, possibly headed towards us did everyone start panicking, buying water, plywood, etc. And earthquakes (Hawaii) usually hit w/o warning. Keep up the good work! Love the strip! --Jane Rohan
		Thanks for the input, Jane! We've got to admit that even as unpredictable as tornadoes are, their kind of disaster is a lot more reassuring to us than what might await New Orleans (however, we do have to concede that nobody's going to write a really cool song about twisters dashing the suburbs). But apparently, there's only one way for everyone everywhere to be safe... really ugly houses.
		May 15, 2003 The commercial is where these 3 college guys are typing in a web address (something like www.movietickets.com) and and one of them says "Is there an 'r' in tickets?" and the other one says, "I think it's a silent 'r.'" Oh, and you said that supply is a non-zero number less than 10, and followed up with get one now...was that intended? Or am I looking too much into it? Okay, I think I'll be quiet now. --The Raven's Mirror
		Uh...we still don't know what you're talking about, TRM. Team Rockwood obviously doesn't have the same commercials overpowering our senses as they have wherever you are. And you're assigning far too much brain-power trying to figure out how many calendars we have left. We'll tell you. Right now it's five, and surprisingly, they don't really seem to be moving off the shelf that fast here at the end of May. But they should! Ten dollars people! Why, that's only slightly more than the price of one Martix Reloaded ticket, and the thrill will last much, much longer.
		May 15, 2003 Look! --?
		Ah, tornado-related humor. Thanks, Mystery Guest! Actually, we read through some of the archive of Vern and Dern and were pleasantly surprised. You should check it out if you've got time, and if you're here in the first place, you probably do.
		May 17, 2003 Actually I heard the best place to go in case of a tornado is Mercy Hospital. They have a tornado shelter there and A LOT of people go there. A couple of my friends went there while I hid in Harry potter's first bedroom. They hung around outside watching all the young women running in getting wet. They seemed to enjoy that night. --Robert
		Okay, Robert. We have to admit that this is the first time we've ever heard of someone using a storm shelter as a good place to pick up women. You'll notice that we didn't put some sort of weird link up on that line. Well, that's because "where to pick up women" doesn't really come up with, say, family-friendly links on Google. We'll let you do your own homework!
		May 18, 2003 We don't really get tornadoes here in the UK either. We had a hurricane in October 1987 which devastated much of the south east. The funny thing is, French forecasters warned us about it and a woman rang the BBC to ask if it was true. The evening weather forecaster famously said it was nothing to worry about. Next morning, they were literally broadcasting the news from a broom cupboard! --Jonathan Baldwin
		We don't have a lot to say here. We just think it's funny that a French forecaster said something and people in the UK automatically thought it was false.
		May 19, 2003 Hmm....Saw the new Matrix recently. Not bad, but would be a lot better sans all the philosophizing. I'd rank it a notch below AotC. --Elizabeth
		Oh boy, Elizabeth, you're going to open up a can of worms with comments like that. We're going to stay away from Star Wars comparisons (if you want them, you can read the "experts") but we will say that we didn't think Matrix 2 was as good as Matrix 1. Now, we're not taking that to an extreme and saying it sucks, like some overly dramatic cartoonists apparently have, just that--like most sequels-- it wasn't as good as the first. We had a good time. We suspect you will, too.
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