Three watches and a warning

Guessing the toursim board likes to make sure all visitors experience at least one storm, so I am sure all around had been praying for rain just prior to our arrival here in Tennessee. Late last night, as we watched the tele we also watched the storm that was brewing head right for us. The lightning and thunder were amazing and the sideways rain, well that was just plain entertaining. One thought entered my mind with regards to parenting. Adam doesn't experience storms very often - do California parents have it a bit easier than our southwestern counterparts? Parents here in TN and OK, TX, LA, etc., for that matter have one more life lesson to teach their kids, right? I can't imagine trying those first few nights to get the child to asleep in their own room with a storm lingering. Is there anything more scary to a child? But then again, I can't imagine there are earthquake drills here in the bible belt.