ON THE STREET

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think of the Hale-Bopp comet?"

Debbie Popp, Cape Girardeau

"I think it's a wonderful opportunity to teach my kids about astronomy -- the little that I know. We went out and looked at it last night in the driveway. It's just something to help them be interested in things about astronomy."

David Diebold, Cape Girardeau

"We're going on vacation and we might get up to look at it. It's a once-in-a-lifetime deal, but if we don't see it we're not going to lose any sleep over it."

Gloria Mecham, Cape Girardeau

"I think it's really very interesting. It would be just a terrible shame if people didn't make an effort to see it."

Jerry Reppen, Fruitland

"Well, I'm watching it almost every night you can see it. It's the most spectacular one I've ever seen."

Amelia Mansfield, Cape Girardeau

"I think it's really interesting, but I don't think it's a very good sign. I just think that the whole world's going to change drastically in the next couple years and this is probably one of the beginning signs of it."