[wardaddy]

I telling ya man....I have been home all day while Mrs. Wardaddy went shopping and I have heard thunder and seen lightning all day. We have been getting Tornado warnings off and on all day.

It's very rare for it to keep it up like this for so long....about 18 hours so far. My cats are huddled up and have no desire to go outside and kill stuff. Our dobie at my mother's house is rattled...storms like this turn him from T-Rex to a trembling pussycat.

Again, I'm glad to be up in the hills though i relaize that is not cure-all.

Last year a tornado hit a valley over near the Smokies and killed a number of folks....just swooped in over a mountain and raked the valley and lifted off and moved on.

When the sky gets real low and purple and you start getting that flourescent lime green light darting about thru the clouds and then hail and yer ears start popping....you better take cover.

[Travis McGee]

Do your kids get nightmares, "combat fatigue", PTSD, etc from the constant fear, thunder, lightning, TV images etc?

[Old Professer]

Are you sure You're not in Lynchburg?