The air had a yellow glow like it does after a storm passes. Heavy wind and rain left tree limbs as well as millions of leaves and even a few small trees in our yard. There were larger trees down on our power line, leaving us wondering when we would have lights again. That was cool though. It was Friday afternoon and we had no plans. I did put in a call to the power company to inform them that we were without power. They...

Ninety-five degrees and WLBT First Alert Weather said it felt like one hundred and nine. The humidity at ninety-seven percent made breathing hard and working impossible. The old wood-frame shack was situated under two giant water oaks. It was hot, still, but better in the shade of the trees. No breeze to speak of, but in Southwest Mississippi, that would change when the afternoon storms came. Just a half-mile from Terry’s...