[WVNan]

Hi Lori. Well, you've put up another of my "home" states. My youngest child was born in Jackson, Miss. in 1969. That year Camille hit the Gulf Coast and toppled a tree over on our house, even though we were 200 miles inland. Scary and destructive storm.

Miss. is one of my favorite states too. The people were very warm and friendly. We were living there when the schools integrated. A lot of people pulled their children out of school. We left ours in and they did just fine. It was a bit tense but not as bad as depicted on the daily news (of course).

[petitfour]

I was born in Jackson in '69. Wonderful place. Even my hubby who was semi-prejudiced against MS prior to us living there came to love it as much as I do. I'm not sure what he expected, but what he found were characters of all varieties. He loves characters. He once drove through a town called Tchula on a Saturday night. That was an experience that he'll tell about till he dies. It was nothing like driving through certain sections of Detroit or Chicago or DC on a Saturday night. :)

I lived in Alabama for a number of years, and I learned to smell the difference between the two places when I crossed the state line. (there really is a difference.) And I love Alabama, too. But Mississippi will always be home.

[Mama_Bear]

Good evening, Nan. It is always such a treat when you come onto a thread!

I wish I had known that you had roots (of sort) in Mississippi, I would have asked for some input. I loved what you did on West Virginia.

I have not experienced a hurricane, but I have lived through a wild typhoon who's eye went directly over the island of Guam when I was a kid. Winds that were bending the palm trees all the way over to the ground. Of course, I was only six and didn't know enough to be afraid. Everything is an adventure to a six year old.

BTW, my only son is the same age as your youngest. Mine born in February of '69. :-)

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