I Love Oklahoma anyway!

Some of my favorite ones from the list, "Things I Learned in Oklahoma" (courtesy of Jessi forwarding me):

1. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Oklahoma
2. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in OK, plus a few no one has ever seen before.
3. Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
4. The wind blows at 90 mph from Oct 2 till June 25; then it stops totally until October 2.
5. Onced and twiced are words.
6. People actually grow and eat okra.
7. Green grass DOES burn.
8. When you live in the country you don't have to buy a dog. City people drop them off at your front gate in the middle of the night.
9. You can switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
10. You know whether another Okie is from East, West, North, or South OK as soon as he opens his mouth.

Some of my favorites from the list, "You Know You Grew Up in Tornado Alley If..." (courtesy of some random facebook group):

1. The first thing you do if you hear tornado sirens during the day is check your watch to see if it's noon.
2. You don't get worried unless the sky looks "green".
3. You know what Doppler radar, Hook echo, wall cloud, and rain-wrapped all mean.
4. Watching the weather is entertaining. And red on the Doppler radar is exciting.
5. You can feel/smell tornado weather brewing a few hours before the storm actually begins.
6. There's an odd feeling as though you've misplaced something if you make it all the way to June without a tornado warning near you.
7. You think people that live in earthquake and/or hurricane prone areas are crazy.
8. You know what people are talking about when they mention the "May 3rd" tornado.
9. You know your weathermen by their first names. i.e. Gary.
10. Most of the tornado video footage comes from everyday people with camcorders instead of from actual news/weathermen.
11. You're sure there's a giant tornado magnet hidden somewhere in Moore. And that there are smaller ones distributed throughout trailer parks.
12. You don't consider it windy until the windspeed is faster than 20mph.
13. You are highly entertained by people from outside tornado alley when there is a tornado watch.
14. You stand under your carport or open your front door to watch hail and/or thunderstorms.
15. The weather is a completely acceptable subject for conversation, at any time, for any occasion.
16. Your local mall has "tornado shelter" signs posted.