What's up with the weather??

For us mountaineers, the flatlander weather in the South is something to get used to!

First of all, they call this the "rainy season", and its not hard to figure out why. So far, it has rained more than half the days we have been here. And by rain, not just the light little showers that we have back home - it really comes down. We have a "weather radio" in our apt (all missionaries here have them). It broadcasts an alert if there is any severe weather or tornadoes forecast.

We had a band of weather sweeping SE today. We were scheduled to drive about 40 mi up north with a member, to visit several families in the Cedar Bluff and Houston MS areas. He lives NW of us, and gave us a call just before we left, asking to cancel because of rain and winds. There was only moderate rain in Starkville. We decided to go to our area in West Point city to see some members, with a stop at Wal-Mart first. While in the store, the rain REALLY started to come down, we could hear it on the roof. We waited in the entry for about 10 min and watched it come down. It was not letting up, so I made a dash to the Liberty with the umbrella and still got half soaked. Pulled it up next to the store and Sis. Johnson jumped in with the bags.

We decided to head to WP anyway, and for most of the way there it was raining turkeys and deer (cats and dogs have already been swept away). When we got to WP, it started to let up and slowly decreased to a mist by the time we had finished visiting our families. Then it was a slow drive through the fog all the way home.

The people here are very gracious and kind. Our badges really create a lot of respect, we are treated kindly wherever we go.