In reference to the political implications of the trailers for (and film of?) INDEPENDENCE DAY (very suggestive title, in light of current champions of the individual and/or environment that have been making headlines in Montana and elsewhere): Another curious trend is the sudden Tornado Craze. Not only do we have the well-hyped premiere of TWISTER this weekend, but TNT did TORNADO, there was a special on such storms produced by the Weather Channel, and even Superman recently spent two magazine issue fighting tornadoes that had apparently *not* been cooked up by mad scientists. Are we nearing the Millenium, or what? Don Larsson, Manakto State U (MN) ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]