"A Little Rain"

Yikes--last night was crazy! At about 8:30 p.m., I saw a flash outside . . . and then came the thunder. So it started raining pretty hard, and then when I was watching TV the screen turned red and started making that annoying siren noise that means there is a weather alert. It said that there was a severe thunderstorm warning for the Natchez, Mississippi area, which also included a tornado watch. It said: "If you see a tornado, please take appropriate action." But, I wondered, how are you supposed to see a tornado if it's dark outside? The storm kept getting worse, and it was pretty scary, so thankfully Mom talked with me on the phone until it quieted down a bit outside. Then, I went to bed and expected to sleep through the night--because my bed is really comfortable, but did it ever turn out to be a long night! Thunderstorms kept moving through during the night, and I kept being awakened by these horrendous crashes of thunder and lightning that sounded like they were right outside the house. Then, when I woke up this morning, it was pouring rain outside. I was listening to the radio, and they were talking about how the area had "a little rain" last night. I thought to myself, "A LITTLE rain??!!" I guess that it's no big deal to everyone around here, but I'm not used to the heavens opening up like they do in the South. It is a muddy mess at Melrose today and, needless to say, we haven't had a lot of visitors this morning. It's supposed to be kind of stormy for the rest of the week, but hopefully we won't have any more nights like last night. I heard about the funnel cloud over Utah Lake yesterday--so the weather is crazy there at home too!!