Well, you folks may have seen my old hometown in the news on President's Days. Part of the local oil refinery exploded causing some major damage to the surrounding area. We live about 30 miles away in the middle of nowhere, but, being Valentine's weekend & a newly-wed couple, had left my dog with my folks to who live about 5 miles from the refinery. That morning, even from 30 miles away, the concussion rattled our walls pretty good & just about knocked us out of bed. My mom had just let the dogs (her 2 plus mine) out back to tinkle about that time. Needless to say, it was a BIG boom with tons of black smoke & flames clearly visible from the backyard. Once we found out what happened, I drove to town to pick up my mother & the dogs & return them to my home "a safe distance away" (had the whole refinery exploded, we probably would have still been in the crater.) My poor dog just cuddled up against me when I arrived and didn't want to move which is highly unusual as he's a pretty active cuddler when he first sees me. Even now, a week after the explosion, he's terrified to be outside without me. He stays with my parents during the day since I work in town and he enjoys playing with the other dogs. If he's outside playing and a loud truck passes by or the wind blows hard, he goes crazy & hides. Will this get better with more time? How do I help him get over his traumatic experience?