Thunderstorms often rattle Watchcat Collette. Two thunderstorms ago, I could tell she was unnerved, so I crawled under her hiding place and offered her two toy mice to play with. It did my heart good to see her start kicking both mice vigorously.
That routine will likely be necessary again today. In fact, given all the rain we've already had this morning, I wish I could offer Collette some toy mice retroactively.