At work a few days ago, I came across an article which mentioned someone named Gary Adkins, so I thought of you. (I was searching non-patent literature published before someone’s priority date, so this article was years old, and I did not use it as prior art against the application I was examining.)

To be a bit on topic, my beagle Rex did not like thunderstorms, especially after we were out on a walk, and there was a very loud lightning bolt close by, and he did not like fireworks either. I don’t remember the cat Whiteneck, whom I had for a while as a younger child, being upset about either one, but I may have forgotten.