Stormy Monday

We're expecting a large storm later this afternoon. I went out in the wee hours this morning to "batton down" my patio. My neighbor has a chime that needs to come down. I'm always afraid it's going to blow through my window.
You know, here in Alabama people panic with any oncoming weather fronts. In the winter when snow is predicted, the grocery stores are ransacked with people buying out bread, milk and batteries.
In the spring and summer, you've got the school systems letting kids out of school early and people running to the stores again.
I guess here in the south we're not equipped to dealing with the weather.
It's funny sometimes. I guess people panic because there have been storms in the past that have devestated property and lives, so naturally every storm now is a threat.
I bet the folks in the north laugh at the folks from the south.
Oh well...