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Posted at July 27, 2008 23:16

Lightning is flashing across the sky outside, and the wind is blowing so hard the house is creaking a bit. I like a good thunderstorm, though it can be unnerving. Weather in Missouri is certainly anything but dull. One morning last week, we awoke to a lightning storm. The flashes were incessant it seemed, with little to no time before the thunder crashed. The storm hung around for hours, dumping a few inches of rain as well.

The storm this evening reminded me of a saying that I thought was a Missouri saying, "If you don’t like the weather in Missouri, just wait 15 minutes," which is what brought me to the computer. I say thought because, in wanting to get it right, I googled it. I didn’t realize that Missourian’s are not so alone in claiming that saying: St. Louis, Minnesota, and Texas are a few. Shoot, even Iceland has a form of it.

That’s okay. It is true in Missouri, for the most part. Storms pass over and the sun is out before you know it.

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