There were several tornadoes last night to the south of us. One has destroyed a little town in southern AR called Denning. There was another one just over the state line in Oklahoma, and a possible third just to the west of Ft. Smith. This morning, they believe that 3 people were killed in the storms last night. We had big storms, but nothing anywhere near that bad.
And I found something that really helped Charlie get through it. He is petrified of thunderstorms. He's so scared of it, I have to turn off the flash on my camera to take pictures if he's around. From his actions, he must think the flash on the camera is lightning. After having 2 friends reccommend it to me and looking at the website, I bought him a Thundershirt yesterday.
Last night, he only got upset once. There was a lightning strike somewhere close by, close enough there was no pause between the flash and the thunder. And it was LOUD!!! He came to me quivering. (stood up on the bed) I touched his shoulder and told him to Shh! That was it. He laid down and didn't make a peep the rest of the storm. He actually slept through 90% of the storm. :) Success!!!! $36 very well spent.
Sharon