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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 18:50:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Dave Baum - Drew University Physics Dept." <DBAUM@drew.edu>
I don't think it's cynical to suspect motives behind dire warnings; look at
the ALAR scare just a few years ago. Newspapers and TV news want to report
these 'fast-breaking' stories so they can get ratings and sell ad space/time.
Never mind whether the news is true or not.
I was in Kansas during the great flood three years ago, and while I felt bad
that
people lost their homes, I couldn't help but wonder what possessed these people
to build their houses in a river bed.