no hurricanes in the midwest

Today's question was, "Mommy, are there hurricanes here?" The answer, "No honey, we don't have hurricanes in the Midwest." "What about tornadoes" Well, we can have these in the Midwest. Are they different than hurricanes?" On and on. We have had the most wet week week ever that I can remember RIGHT NOW! We were out shopping for siding and windows and we knew there were storms coming from Iowa and Illinois, but boy oh boy were we in for a down pour. I ran barefoot to the car from Lowe's and the girls were excited about the rain. They get excited about the weather when ever it happens! See they are acclimating just fine! Anyway, we drove home and when approaching our town, we heard on the radio that there were lights and trees down in our downtown area and some were without electricity. UGH. So that put the girls on heightened alert! The questions came again. So we had to go to church and pick up a movie we left behind yesterday and we saw some damage. Not as bad as it could have been, but still some big trees down, lights not working, etc. As I write, it is thundering and lightening outside and that just keeps the girls on alert.

There have been many weather related incidents recounted in the news in the past week. I am sorry for the people and the families affected. I remember when we had the flood here in 2008, actually the summer the girls came home, and how many people we knew were affected by that. I'm thankful for the seasons, but well. . . . enough said.