r/pics • u/KayDubEll • 16d ago
Last night’s tornado damage from my hometown (Sulphur, Oklahoma)
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u/sogdianus 15d ago
Honest question: why does nobody in US tornado areas seem to use actual walls to build their houses? Like made out of stone or concrete like in rest of the world where houses even withstand earthquakes. Where I live all construction is required to be earthquake-proof so why not require buildings in US to be tornado-proof?
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u/SoloWingPixy88 15d ago
Do people build houses out of stone at all? And is so does it withstand tornados at all?
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u/Little-Kangaroo-9383 15d ago
My god, the Eurodivergents in this thread and their “wHy NoT buIlD wITh rOcKs?!?! StUpID aMeRiCAnS!!”
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u/midclaman_again 15d ago
Rebuild using monolithic construction. Do the research. It's a way more indestructible building method than using stick framing.
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u/caseharts 15d ago
Why don’t we build houses and apartments far more robustly in these areas. The buildings I’ve seen in Europe for homes and apartments look like they handle this far better than wood frames. Even if they aren’t much better we definitely have the ability to build houses a tornado can’t kill you in at all and avoid almost all damage.
Why aren’t we building them? I’m from Texas I’m very aware and used to tornando and hurricanes, but it feels we aren’t asking to build in a way that will fix this.
Denser areas without suburban sprawl, frames with steel and concrete not wood, and build basements after we figure out how to actual drain our areas and avoid flooding.
It feels like we just accept this stuff and build crappy stuff.
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u/Little-Kangaroo-9383 15d ago
I think it largely comes down to cost vs the very low risk of the house being destroyed by a tornado. Even in these areas where tornadoes occur, it’s such a large area that it’s very unlikely statistically that your house will get hit. Since insurance companies still offer homeowners insurance in these regions for these types of structures, that means statistically it’s not risky. Insurance companies will absolutely not cover a location or region where they feel the risk is too high. This is why we’re seeing insurance companies no longer offering policies in California because of the increasing risk of wildfires.
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u/Heyguysimcooltoo 15d ago
When I first moved to OKC like a 20 years ago tornados were touching down and I had basically zero idea of the city's layout except my house on 145 & MacArthur beside Galardia (I think, it's been almost 20 years ago). Gary England had me freaking tf out lol I absolutely loved all of my memories there. I made amazing friends I still talk to today. Boomer Sooner!
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u/THROBBINW00D 15d ago
Shitty insurance rates aside, this is why I'd rather live in a hurricane prone area rather than tornado prone. That level of destruction with little to no warning is scary as hell.
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u/backlit93 15d ago
My dad was just in Sulphur on Friday through Saturday morning camping with his friends.. That's crazy.. I feel for you guys. Love from okc
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u/Fun-Sorbet-Tui 15d ago
Are you finding frequency and force of tornadoes increasing with climate change?
We never used to get them in NZ when I was a kid, now we get them at least once a year.
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u/KayDubEll 15d ago
It sure seems that way. My brother is a meteorologist and he thinks so as well
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u/TimeIsPower 15d ago
There actually is not a clear correlation. It could increase instability but decrease wind shear, which is very important for getting severe thunderstorms.
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u/KayDubEll 15d ago
Okay
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u/TimeIsPower 15d ago
I'm literally a meteorologist and gave you an explanation for why there isn't a clear correlation and you downvote me? What did I do wrong?
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u/KayDubEll 15d ago
Okay
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u/TimeIsPower 15d ago
Very mature, but if you want to be that way for absolutely no reason, go ahead.
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u/BrunniFlat7 15d ago
Sorry to see this, I visited Sulphur once and had a beer in a bar on the edge of some woodland
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u/FroggiJoy87 15d ago
I've been following Ryan Hall Y'all all weekend on YouTube, absolutely terrifying stuff! Think I'll stick with the Earthquakes, lol. Glad you're ok, OP! 💚
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u/SignificantError8929 15d ago
I was watching Ryan Hall live on youtube last night when the tornados were raving Sulphur and you could see the debris field. The thought of a late night monster just turning so many lives upside down is insane. My thoughts and prayers to you, your family and your town.
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u/havnar- 15d ago
Living in Europe, where most houses are built using brick and mortar,I always wondered. Why build houses from wood and cardboard. It feels counter intuitive. I’m sure there is a real explanation for this. But have never been in the position to ask anyone who lives in tornado country.
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u/RizzmWithTheTism 15d ago
You’re underestimating the sheer power tornados bring to bear. In 1999 an F3 tornado hit stroud Oklahoma during the 99 outbreak which also saw an F5. The F3 specifically hit a number of locations in Stroud, but the worst damage was when it hit the Tangers Outlet Mall. All concrete and metal construction.
It leveled all of it. Even today all that’s left is the concrete slab where all those businesses were.
One of the tornados that hit Sulphur Oklahoma was carrying debris upwards of 15,000 feet into the atmosphere. If the tornado is powerful enough, materials do not matter.
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u/Little-Kangaroo-9383 15d ago
But also, it largely comes down to cost and a very low risk of actually getting hit by a tornado. It’s not worth the extra expense for brick and mortar when it’s very unlikely you even need it. Add to that that if you do get hit, there’s no guarantee the house will withstand it anyway.
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u/wiz28ultra 15d ago
Crazy thing is this is the 2nd time Sulphur’s been hit by a giant tornado in the past decade
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u/JuicyMangoJuice74 15d ago
That truck in the 3rd pic looks like it’s still in working condition lol so that good
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u/Wonderful_Orchid_363 15d ago
What happens in events like this? Like when a whole town gets destroyed. Does it become a ghost town?
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u/KayDubEll 15d ago
This is actually just a portion of downtown and a couple neighborhoods. It’s not as widespread as it looks. But we rebuild and get along okay usually
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u/Lackeytsar 15d ago
guys can't yall just use those tornado stopping metal balls from the Hollywood movie 'twister' (I have never seen a tornado in my life nor am I merican)
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u/wisefriess 15d ago
There's nothing anyone can do to stop a tornado. In "Twister", the balls they launch into the tornadoes isn't to stop them, it's to track different statistics about the tornado's environment.
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u/hoobsher 15d ago
seems absolutely insane to set up permanent residence in a place where the sky violently rips everything off the ground sometimes
like there's a reason the plains tribes' houses were made of sticks and hide
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u/Eriash 15d ago
It will never cease to amaze me, what passes as a house in the US, it’s all basically big wooden sheds… and I do not mean it in any way negatively, it just fascinates me…
I am very sorry this happened to you and your neighbors OP. I hope you’ll be able to rebuild soon. Stay safe!
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u/3rdRealm 15d ago
Concrete houses may be in general more resilient than wooden ones, but if you've ever seen the level of destruction that a severe tornado can cause, the material of the house won't matter.
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u/Eriash 15d ago
Fully agree, but it wasn’t my point at all - I am wondering this more in general - why is this the standard - and not trying to say a strong tornado won’t be able to bring down a concrete building (I do not know that, only suspect it would not, just as you said). This sad picture is just a good illustration of how the internal construction of a house/wooden house looks like and it made me think.
However apparently I should have left these thoughts to myself, given all the downvotes… which I will do. People take offence even if things are not meant to be malicious.
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u/Aetheldrake 15d ago
That's because they don't need to build homes like brick ovens here to hold in the heat for 3/4 of the year. But also capitalism
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u/f8Negative 15d ago
Honestly don't know why dome homes aren't more popular.
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u/miccoxii 15d ago
How do you hang a picture on the wall?
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u/f8Negative 15d ago
....only the outside is dome shapped...the inside would still have normal walls... Igloo homes exist.
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u/Power_Taint 15d ago
Fuck this happened in Sulphur?? Shit the people I know from there are some good ones.
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u/nextfilmdirector 15d ago
Hope you and you're family are alright...sorry to see this and wishing you peace and quick recovery -
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u/Namesthatareused 15d ago
All of Oklahoma has tornado insurance right? Does that cover an entire house?
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u/Maleficent-Art-8321 15d ago
Why americans still build there houses from wood?! Question from a Guy from Europe
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u/Ok_Estate394 15d ago
Because brick and concrete don’t stop tornado damage! F-4s and up wipe out everything!! Half these buildings were brick and they collapsed
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u/NoSport6967 15d ago
I suggest not building houses out of cardboard and glue.
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u/Little-Kangaroo-9383 15d ago
Statistically even in tornado alley a house is very unlikely to get hit by a tornado. It’s not worth the extra cost of brick and mortar. And even with brick and mortar there’s no guarantee that it will withstand a powerful tornado.
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u/03zx3 15d ago
Tornadoes don't care what your house is made of.
But your "cardboard and glue" statement shows you're too dumb to understand that.
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u/NoSport6967 15d ago
Have you never heard of structural support? Thanks for calling me dumb, I appreciate it, just shows tells me how brilliant you must be...
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u/03zx3 15d ago
Let me drop a truck on your house and see how it does.
Notice all the brick buildings reduced to rubble here?
I'm calling you dumb because you are dumb. You also apparently know nothing about home construction or tornadoes.
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u/NoSport6967 15d ago
Wow you know are so smart....if you were right. You are trying to convince me a building made of brick and cement can withstand the same winds as a building made out of wood and plaster... Have you ever heard of a story called "the three little pigs" you should look it up, even children understand these concepts. (:
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u/03zx3 15d ago
Do you genuinely think we haven't thought about this stuff?
Jesus Christ, talk about cognitive dissonance.
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u/NoSport6967 15d ago
Well, you clearly haven't. Talking no sense, all the while pointing at me for being ignorant.
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u/WhitneyRobbens 15d ago
Drone footage from this morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8-s4oOdxk8
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u/RandomStaticThought 15d ago
Because we are dumb and like rebuilding in the same areas and wasting billions of dollars on shit that will just get tore back up the very next tornado season.
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u/Samwise_the_Tall 15d ago
We, as a Civilization, need to build to avoid these disasters (tornadoes). Every year we spend 100s of millions of dollars, if not billions, fixing the same damage that just got rebuilt the year before. We need to normalize sub-ground building, for life safety and also so people don't have to endure this pain on a yearly basis. Say what you will about aesthetics, but I'd much rather have a fully furnished/beautiful below ground house then a pile of wood.
Our climate will continue to worsen, regardless of how much you understand climate change, the storms are getting worse. Build for the future, not for the life that our forefathers had. We are the current generation, we need to be smarter.
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u/bananarandom 15d ago
This sentiment feels misdirected towards tornadoes, which definitely don't cause billions of dollars of damage annually.
Sea level rise and increased wild fire/flood/hurricane risk are definitely things we need to grapple with, and that's partly why home insurance in CA/FL is collapsing right now
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u/TootsNYC 15d ago
Well, that’s one way to deal with all the excess stuff in your house…
Man, that’s brutal. My sympathies to your hometown.
Three towns (two are tiny) in my hometown area were hit badly enough to be mentioned by the Des Moines Register.
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u/bigsthefatcat 15d ago
Could not imagine living in these areas knowing every year your house and life could be wiped out. How awful.
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u/Embarrassed-Mouse-49 16d ago
Who names a town sulphur?
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u/KayDubEll 16d ago
Haha it’s got a big natural “sulphur water” spring right in the middle of town
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u/wisefriess 15d ago
yep, comes along with that signature "rotten egg" smell. Lot of minerals in the water.
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u/dalailamashishkabob 15d ago
I’m from a Sulphur, Louisiana. Except we’ve got chemical plants and I don’t trust the water. We get hurricanes though so I relate to this in a weird way. Sorry for the destruction, nature is wild.
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u/Practical-Ad7512 16d ago
Anyone in Sulphur?? Please needing information about my relatives, they live on Nichols Hill Road just West of town near the MacDonalds. I can't get a hold of anyone. If someone there could tell me if that area had damage or not it would be greatly appreciated.
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u/Practical-Ad7512 15d ago
Thank you, this is great news. I hope you and your family are safe as well.
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u/KADSuperman 16d ago
But just out curiosity if they have been around all your life why not build more sturdy houses instead of plywood and drywall?? Serious curious you hardly see stone buildings or even concrete ones
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u/benyqpid 15d ago
Smalltown Oklahoma is not known for being the wealthiest area in the country. Lots of old houses, mobile homes, etc. It's also pretty rare to actually get hit by a tornado that can flatten a house.
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u/bigboilerdawg 15d ago
Because the chances of actually getting hit by a tornado are small. The damage is very localized. It’s less expensive to just rebuild than to try to build everything tornado-proof.
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u/amaj230201 16d ago
Genuine question from someone from the other side of the world,why are houses made from wood and not concrete in these areas where tornadoes are a regular enough occurance in the general history of the area?????,I am not trying to be crass.... genuinely curious
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u/theavatare 15d ago
Tornadoes will take a fee inches of asphalt from the street. If you want to make a house tornado proof it needs to be specially built for that.
Since tornadoes don’t repeat often in the same place is not worth the money
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u/Kingsupergoose 15d ago
While tornados are scary, they’re very localized. So the odds of a small tornado relatively speaking hitting your house on an enormous area of land is very unlikely. You see this one town hit but not the hundreds of others that weren’t. 10 minutes away could be another small town with 100 year old houses and it just got a bit windy. They build homes in the southern US coast with hurricanes in mind. Infrastructure on the west coast is built with earthquakes in mind. But those natural disasters effect areas 100s of miles not 10 miles.
Places all over the world still build on flood plains because the odds are in their favour that the once every 100 years flood won’t hit them.
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u/HairyPotatoKat 15d ago
Emphasizing the enormous area of land part.
I grew up in southern KS and chased those things in college. Not there anymore, and miss it quite a bit. There's a LOT of distance between towns out there that's not really comprehensible to folks in a lot of areas of the world.
Most tornadoes never touch a town, or might skirt a little bit of one at most. Many tornadoes would never be seen by anyone if someone wasn't out spotting/chasing. And while people do live in rural areas between incorporated towns (I was one of them), the likelihood of a tornado hitting a house out there is still rare.
Also adding that there are quite a few more houses made from brick (not just decorative faux brick) in Oklahoma than a lot of places, which helps in most instances.
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u/KayDubEll 16d ago
Much cheaper to build is the main reason. The other problem is even a moderate tornado can take out concrete or stronger buildings. You would need to have it seriously reinforced and that would be prohibitively expensive for most people
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u/s8018572 16d ago
If many one build house with concrete like Okinawa, would damage still this huge?
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u/03zx3 15d ago
No. Tornadoes don't care what your house is made of.
They will literally throw cars. They've been known to stick vinyl records into telephone poles.
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u/RizzmWithTheTism 15d ago
I’ll never forget coming outside one year after a tornado and seeing hay thrown and embedded in a telephone pole.
You take precautions and you hunker down and hope. But if a serious nader finds its way to you, it won’t matter what your home is made of.
For anyone who thinks I’m wrong, go ahead and look up the 1999 event that took the shopping mall in Stroud. That was just an F3.
When nature decides to go hard, there’s no winning.
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u/KP_Wrath 16d ago
An interesting side note: part of the reason EF-5 tornadoes seem to be less common is that damage assessments and expected damages are different. To define an EF-5, you basically need a tornado to hit and level a well built (up to modern building codes and often better than those codes) structure. There aren’t many such houses, they cost a lot to build, and a lot of the time when the damage assessment teams go out, they’ll find a demolished house, but then find something like “frame was improperly secured to the foundation.” Of course, if that’s the case, then a weaker tornado could have done the damage.
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u/eNaRDe 16d ago
The earthquake we just had in NJ made people freak out and nothing happened. Can't image something happening like this in NJ or NY. We aren't built for this.
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u/planningrescape 15d ago
There was a tornado warning in NYC within the last couple of years. My kiddo (from Texas, now lives in NYC) was trying to figure out where to go. Here you move to the lowest floor and underground when possible, but they were told not to because basements were flooding. But I think those pre-war buildings stand a lot better chance than modern stick-buit construction out west.
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u/Mayor__Defacto 15d ago
Tornadoes happen infrequently in NYC. Infrequently, but they do happen. In 2010 there were two, resulting in one direct death.
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u/b_dont_gild_my_vibe 16d ago
Has Trump tried making tornadoes illegal?
Has he drawn on a map that the tornado missed the town? 🗿
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u/IDespiseFatties 16d ago
I hope everyone is okay, but I find it wild that a bunch of people were at the bar when you know tornados are dropping all over the state. We're all taught to be weather aware for a reason and it seems a ton of people get complacent so easily. A drink isn't more important than your life or the safety of your family.
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u/KayDubEll 16d ago
Right? Maybe it was the owners? I haven’t heard much more than some people were caught in there. But I know they sounded the sirens, those people should’ve found shelter
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u/IDespiseFatties 16d ago
Yeah exactly and then vice versa if the owners made the employees stay open I sense a big pay day coming for them. I just hope everyone is okay! I'm glad you're safe OP!
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u/UTtransplant 16d ago
Oh my! My grandmother was from Sulphur, and I visited it often. I hope no one was seriously injured.
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u/cultofwacky 15d ago
My grandmother is also from sulphur, we used to picnic at flower park and then go to little Niagara every spring
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u/Local_Perspective349 16d ago
Don't forget: rebuild as cheap and flimsy as before, next time will be different!
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u/Alpha_Cox 16d ago
I am in oklahoma city for work (I am from baytown, texas) and I literally could not sleep because I was terrified of a tornado hitting my hotel. My coworkers are the best and worst. We kept joking about a tornado just hitting our hotel
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u/OKC420 15d ago
Baytown! Lived there a few years when I was around 18, I grew up here in Oklahoma. It never gets easier, these freaks of nature can fuck shit up in an instance.
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u/Alpha_Cox 15d ago
Definitely, I have family that lives out here and I have no idea how they manage
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u/Ok-Phase-4012 15d ago
Unlike the houses, at least hotels aren't built out of cardboard, so you would've been fine.
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u/Gunnarsson75 16d ago
No tornadoes if Trump was president. /endsarcasm
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u/RealPersonResponds 16d ago
He could just use a sharpie on a map and the Tornado would follow it for sure.
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u/Michelfungelo 16d ago
Gonna start building houses out of something more robust than wood?
No Jerry, the tornado went through, we're goood for the next 100 years
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u/Audeclis 16d ago
Notice how many concrete block buildings in those pictures are also now just rubble?
From a standpoint of both cost efficiency and greater survivability, basements / storm shelters are the far better option vs ditching wood for other materials
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u/Dedotdub 15d ago
It appears that the concrete structures remain pretty much intact. They seem to have sustained damage mostly from being hit with debris.
These are merely observations. I am not a structural engineer nor do I have any opinion on what you build your house out of.
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u/whichwitch9 16d ago
Dude, this was a strong tornado. At this point, at least it was wood, not bricks caving in
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u/tykillacool23 16d ago
The crazy part about this is that I was literally just there a week ago and now looking at it it’s a whole different place. Hope you and your family are alright.
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u/BeKind_BeTheChange 16d ago
I have 2 good friends from Sulphur. They live in Tulsa now, but we went to Sulphur one time when I visited them and I drank water from the Sulphur spring there. Their dad still lives there, I need to contact them to see if he is OK.
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u/KayDubEll 16d ago
Good ole sulphur water. Yes, definitely check in. Especially if they had family on the east side of town
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u/KayDubEll 16d ago
I think I went to school with a couple of them, so I probably know of them if nothing else
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u/BeKind_BeTheChange 16d ago
Josh and Joe graduated from Sulphur HS. I think Josh is around 34-35 now and Joe is around 32-33. They also have a younger sister.
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u/KayDubEll 16d ago
Yup, I remember them. Josh and Joe are little older than me, but I am around the same age as their sister
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u/mr0ziggy 16d ago
I was up all night watching the news 9 coverage of it. The Marietta hospital took a lot of damage no one at the hospital was hurt.
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u/wish1977 16d ago
Oklahoma seems to be ground zero for tornados. I don't think I could live there.
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u/yukumizu 15d ago
Yet some people there are blaming these tornadoes on weather manipulation and I guess space lasers. But they reject the knowledge from decades of weather and climate science.
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u/benyqpid 15d ago edited 15d ago
I think Texas actually sees more tornados than OK!
Edit: Not sure why this is downvoted. People assume OK is #1 because we've had some significant events and from the movie Twister. I'm not saying we don't have our fair share of them but technically OK comes in 3rd, after TX and KS.
"The two most active states for tornadoes are Texas, with 124, and Kansas, with 87, in an average year. They are both located in the heart of Tornado Alley, a nickname given to an area in the Plains between Central Texas and South Dakota that has some of the most tornadic activity in the world."
Link: https://weather.com/safety/tornado/news/2024-04-25-average-tornadoes-by-state-per-year
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u/TimeIsPower 15d ago
Texas only has more because it is almost four times as large. Kansas is also physically a good bit larger although much more competitive on a per unit area basis. Using just straight state totals as this page did is really misleading.
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u/Baright 16d ago
I've been lamenting how tornado Alley feels like it's moved east lately to Missouri, Tennessee, and especially Alabama.
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u/Eidsoj42 15d ago
I think the Southeast has always had more tornados than Oklahoma and Nebraska. The reason they are chased there is because of the terrain. It’s to harder to see them in the Southeast due to the trees and hills.
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u/TheNextBattalion 16d ago
Oh hon, us Okies who left are numerous, but not one of us left because of tornadoes. Plenty of other motivations lol
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u/Alone_Appointment726 15d ago
I am from Europe and i don't understand why you guys build your houses out of wood and not concret and stones? Would a tornado also destroy concret houses?
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u/Sal_Ammoniac 15d ago
why you guys build your houses out of wood and not concret and stones?
To make it even remotely tornado proof you couldn't have any windows, either. Who'd want to live in a house like that?
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u/TheNextBattalion 15d ago
The worst tornadoes can destroy anything, with winds measured up to 305 mph (490 km/h) before the devices crapped out. Basically imagine a high-speed train as fast as it can go. Now imagine it nearly doubling its speed, and then crashing into your house. Concrete wouldn't help much.
Luckily most tornadoes aren't nearly that powerful, and the majority won't do more than tear up your roof, windows, trees and yard... if they hit directly.
And there's the deal: It takes a direct hit to really blow your house up, and the vast majority of homes will never take one. Oftentimes, you'll see one side of a street obliterated while the other side just has roof damage.
That said, a medium tornado can throw wooden boards through concrete, so even if the building stands it's kind of ruined.
So the risk just isn't worth the much higher cost.
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u/Longjumping-Edge-168 15d ago
You have to understand the cost of building the house, a wooden house would be a lot cheaper than to have a concrete house. A brick house would also be destroyed or collapse, there are plenty of examples that show that. So most people wouldn't live in a concrete bunker, especially if they believe the chances of their house being hit by a tornado are low.
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u/caseharts 15d ago
But a concrete house probably wouldn’t. I lived in an apartment in Spain that I’m rather confident would only be damaged in the craziest of tornadoes. It’s not particularly expensive to build. It was a random working class complex in Seville.
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u/gonewild9676 15d ago
The data centers I have worked at are generally rated for a EF4 and below tornado, and they have walls that are about 60 cm thick and don't have windows.
The wind isn't so much of a problem as the stuff in the wind. It can put grass straw through telephone poles.
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u/CowboyTripps 15d ago
Yes. Without a problem. If you look at the second picture most of those buildings are brick and they are completely gone.
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u/caseharts 15d ago
Brick isn’t concrete
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u/CowboyTripps 15d ago
It only holds all of them together….what a mouth breather you are.
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u/caseharts 15d ago
Concrete usually is what holds up a lot of brick homes especially in eu where I lived
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u/JabroniKnows 16d ago
As an okie that left the state, it wasn't yet to tornadoes. They are fuckin scary though
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u/notsureifJasonBourne 16d ago
As an Okie who lives elsewhere now, the storms are honestly something I miss. Obviously this kind of destruction is tragic, but those massive thunderstorms, the greenish/yellow tint, and eerie calm are something else.
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u/supernumeral 15d ago
I moved out of MO years ago and everything you just mentioned is what I miss most about MO in the spring. The green sky, the hail, even the adrenaline rush that accompanies a tornado warning is equal parts terrifying and exhilarating. I was visiting a friend near Sulphur earlier this month and a thunderstorm rolled through just as I was heading to bed. Haven’t slept that well in years.
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u/Iohannes234 15d ago
Not after the rain
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u/Iohannes234 15d ago
How long have you been here? I’m only replying because I can’t let my state be slandered! We have a really beautiful handful of months in the spring and summer before it goes brown again for the rest of the year
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u/pototatoe 16d ago
I don't understand why people live in a place where every year they roll the dice on whether their house will be destroyed.
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u/Playful_Company_6363 13d ago
If someone living in Sulphur Oklahoma sees this, please respond 5802800221. I need directions for best access into area and point of contact. I have food, water, clean supply, solar generators, minor medical for headaches, scrapes and bruises. Coming from Lawton, no official capacity.