My maternal Grandparents and my wife’s were Sooners.
My Grandparents lived in Oklahoma for the rest of their lives as most of their descendants. Their son and one daughter, who left, ended up in border towns in Texas and Kansas. I was the first real escapee until a nephew and neice left the state. About 95% of my high school graduation class stayed in Oklahoma or returned after school and/or the military.
My wife’s grandparents had two terrible winters in the Lawton area and summers. They returned to the midwest and their families/friends after those two years. My wife’s grandfather developed health problems and died in a few years after their return to the midwest. Her grandmother raised her mother and two uncles by herself during some tough economic times.
Oklahoma does have extreme weather temperatures in the summer and the winter. Should consider ourselves fortunate that our ancestor's survived the tornadoes that were swirling around them all those years.
Do enjoy reading all the personal contributions to our state threads, thanks so much!