My little town is right on the edge of Oklahoma, tornado mecca. For some reason, the worst storms seem to always dissipate right as they get to us, on the edge of the Ozarks. We are less than 2 miles as the crow flies from the state line, and time and again we watch the tornado warnings expire or the storm curves north just as it reaches us.

Last night was a scary one, though. The sirens were going off and we had steady tornado warnings. We huddled in the hallway with the dogs (I can see the leashes still lying there) a couple of times. Yet, the storms just broke up. We have 7 pecan trees and many others, and none of them so much as dropped a twig. We did get 8 inches of rain, though!

Karen