More Overheard in the Office... Network News Producer: Why do people live in trailers if they know a hurricane is likely to blow through?
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I'm supposed to be doing research and creating a presentation about safe rooms. I don't know too much about them, although I saw Panic Room. Little different I think. Need to think Twister instead. My research yesterday led me to find some wicked videos online, one was actually a Government-produced news reel from the seventies detailing the 1970 Lubbock, TX tornado that ripped through the town. It was somewhat humorously nostalgic-ish...corny music, scary narration, the whole nine yards (think of the film strips from elementary school just with more death and destruction). I don't have the link anymore, I just typed "tornado" into Google video search and found it. Google astounds me.
Of course we talk about disasters everyday at work, but still. The sad thing is, this isn't the first time I've heard this question/observation in one form or another and it won't be the last either. But from CBS News, geez. What's the frequency, Kenneth?

So why does Google astound me? A few minutes after writing the above I read something interesting, expanding on what I already somewhat knew. So to redeem my mocking of CBS News above, read this story. And then don't bother deleting Temporary Internet Files. Big Brother already knows. Just move to your safe room and await the end of the world as we know it. Don't forget the beef jerky. (grins)  ¶ 8/09/2005 11:21:00 AM