Although the Oakies *would* take offense at being called Yankees. And Oakies. :) but since I've got a sister in law and her family in OK city, plus a few friends from when I was stationed up there (and later when I was in the Oklahoma Air National Guard), I can take certain liberties.
When I was stationed there one of the L/C's said "The only thing worse than an Okie is an Arkie". He was from Ft. Smith and was one crazy dude. Navigator type. :)
We are getting some boomers here in Central Texas tonight.. but they aren't Mother Nature's doing. The Army apparently had night firing training scheduled for tonight, storms or no storms. (and I've heard it when it was raining pretty hard) Might be artillery, but I suspect it's tank fire. There's a regular training regime that requires night firing. You don't want to get into a tank battle with Abrams tanks at night.. or in the daytime either, but especially not at night. :) No matter what other type of tank you might have. Ask the Iraqi Republican Guard.
>>I must apologize at my poor attempt at humor.<<
No, it was pretty good humor (which I love). I was just trying to preempt my guilt should the Oakies get hit harder than we were.
All is well my FRiend :)