I would trade a month of Eastern New Mexico dry climate for 10 years of the humidity that we have in Tenn.
A series of storms, producing at least 13 tornadoes, destroyed buildings and injured at least a dozen people, several critically, in an area along New Mexico's border with Texas, police said.
The worst damage was reported in the towns of Logan and Clovis, communities about 80 miles apart, police said.
The tornadoes, which were reported during a 5-hour period, damaged several buildings, downed power lines and sparked fires that were later extinguished in Clovis, town police Lt. James Schoeffel said.
Thirteen people from that area were hospitalized at the Plains Regional Medical Center with injuries. Five were in critical condition with head trauma, said Liz Crouch, the center's chief operating officer.
In Logan, three people were taken to a hospital in nearby Tucumcari, while others were treated at a local clinic, State Police Sgt. Andrew Tingwall said. An official at the Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital refused to say if the hospital was treating any storm victims.
A tornado destroyed roughly two dozen mobile homes and campers in Logan, state police said.
Hours later, another tornado rumbled through Clovis.
I'm a lifelong resident of Nashville and I've never gotten used to the humidity here. The one thing I dislike about the dry Southwest is that every time I go outside, I get an electric shock with everything I touch ! =8-0