How do you Okies handle it?

[SoonerNate]

I was up in OK for a few weeks and am now back in So Fla and it is SO much cooler. How do you folks stand having such harsh summers AND winters?

[jk the sooner fan]

central heat and air?

[Mjcpr]

We're not pussies.

Please make sure you have nice weather in Tampa Sept 7 - 12, TIA.

[SoonerNate]

We're not pussies.

Please make sure you have nice weather in Tampa Sept 7 - 12, TIA.

I can't wait for the FSU game.

[GKeeper316]

oklahoma is the most inhospitable environment on the planet.

[C&CDean]

oklahoma is the most inhospitable environment on the planet.

You sure say some stupid **** sometimes.

I think North Dakota/Minnesota/South Dakota/Upper Penninsula, MI are on the line. They said "STFU."

[jk the sooner fan]

on the planet?
i can think of a dozen or so places outside the US that are more inhospitable than Oklahoma

[texaspokieokie]

yep, how bou AZ ?

my sister lives in WI, it's no fun in the winter.

[texaspokieokie]

on the planet?
i can think of a dozen or so places outside the US that are more inhospitable than Oklahoma

what about inside the US ??

[SoonerNate]

I didn't post this to **** on the state but instead to ask how you deal with it

[C&CDean]

I was in Duluth, MN in August a few years back. I went to job at about 6am, and it was 37 ****ing degrees. In August.

I went to Iowa to pick up some hay a couple years back, and it was 20-below zero with a windchill of almost 40 below. My truck wouldn't start, and the hay bales were stuck to the ground.

I was changing a waterpump on the blacktop on a Postal jeep in Tucson about 28 years ago and it was 119 degrees.

I mentioned the Dakotas because nobody has their extremes. 110+ in the summer, and 40-below in the winter.

[C&CDean]

I didn't post this to **** on the state but instead to ask how you deal with it

We're Sooners.

[jk the sooner fan]

what about inside the US ??

i have too much family and roots to ever think of Oklahoma as inhospitable

you can find nice people no matter where you go

[SoonerNate]

I was in Duluth, MN in August a few years back. I went to job at about 6am, and it was 37 ****ing degrees. In August.

I went to Iowa to pick up some hay a couple years back, and it was 20-below zero with a windchill of almost 40 below. My truck wouldn't start, and the hay bales were stuck to the ground.

I was changing a waterpump on the blacktop on a Postal jeep in Tucson about 28 years ago and it was 119 degrees.

I mentioned the Dakotas because nobody has their extremes. 110+ in the summer, and 40-below in the winter.

Yeah, **** that!


We're Sooners.

Good answer

[olevetonahill]

We're Sooners.

Dayum Skippy. I feel like those who just want bitch should move. Kinda like the folks who just want to bitch about a message board.
Dont like it then leave, ;)

[texaspokieokie]

i have too much family and roots to ever think of Oklahoma as inhospitable

you can find nice people no matter where you go

totally agree.

have lived in mojave desert. not too nice, but i kinda miss it.

[GKeeper316]

i have too much family and roots to ever think of Oklahoma as inhospitable

you can find nice people no matter where you go

i wasn't talking about the people. i was talking about the weather. between the opressivley hot summers, the tornados in the spring and the wicked ice storms in the winter, i'll put oklahoma up against anywhere in the world for weather misery. add all the little earthquakes we get (but usually don't feel because they're too small) that move the ground around and tear up the roads and you have the perfect storm of ****ty environment.

and dean, i lived in south dakota for 3 years when i was a kid and dad was stationed at ellsworth afb. south dakota is beautiful. if it breaks 100 in s dakota, its the exception, not the rule.

[texaspokieokie]

i wasn't talking about the people. i was talking about the weather. between the opressivley hot summers, the tornados in the spring and the wicked ice storms in the winter, i'll put oklahoma up against anywhere in the world for weather misery. add all the little earthquakes we get (but usually don't feel because they're too small) that move the ground around and tear up the roads and you have the perfect storm of ****ty environment.

and dean, i lived in south dakota for 3 years when i was a kid and dad was stationed at ellsworth afb. south dakota is beautiful. if it breaks 100 in s dakota, its the exception, not the rule.

OK is not that bad.
worry about the earthquakes is kinda silly.

OK summers are not normally this bad.

south dakota may not get hot, but it sure gets misreably cold.

[GKeeper316]

OK is not that bad.
worry about the earthquakes is kinda silly.

OK summers are not normally this bad.

south dakota may not get hot, but it sure gets misreably cold.

im not worried about the earthquakes... im merely pointing out that they contibute to the overall ****tiness of oklahoma roads... we've all been out of state and we've all marvelled at the awesomeness of the roads elsewhere.

when a guy i used to work with came to town for his interview, he thought his rental car was busted till he figured out it was just our super ****ty roads. the heat expanding them in the summer, the cold shrinking them, the ice expanding in the little cracks... all that causes the roads to suck donkey balls here.

[C&CDean]

South Dakota gets damned hot. Damned cold too. Here's a link to annual temperature with the state's ranking next to them. This particular one basically ranks the states based on the extremes - summer to winter.

#1 is Florida, #2 is Hawaii.

Oklahoma comes in at #11, far from "the most inhospitable weather on the planet." BTW, North Dakota is #49, and South Dakota is #38.

http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/US/average-annual-state-temperatures.php

[cccasooner2]

I was in Duluth, MN in August a few years back. I went to job at about 6am, and it was 37 ****ing degrees. In August.

I went to Iowa to pick up some hay a couple years back, and it was 20-below zero with a windchill of almost 40 below. My truck wouldn't start, and the hay bales were stuck to the ground.

I was changing a waterpump on the blacktop on a Postal jeep in Tucson about 28 years ago and it was 119 degrees.

I mentioned the Dakotas because nobody has their extremes. 110+ in the summer, and 40-below in the winter.

LOL, I go walleye fishing in Duluth with my brothers every year in May/June time frame. The saying is "I never felt a winter as cold as a summer in Duluth."

[SoonerNate]

I figured the "U.P." in Michigan would be nice this time of year, no?

[C&CDean]

I figured the "U.P." in Michigan would be nice this time of year, no?

Sure, if you don't mind being carried off by mosquitoes the size of B-52s.

[texaspokieokie]

im not worried about the earthquakes... im merely pointing out that they contibute to the overall ****tiness of oklahoma roads... we've all been out of state and we've all marvelled at the awesomeness of the roads elsewhere.

when a guy i used to work with came to town for his interview, he thought his rental car was busted till he figured out it was just our super ****ty roads. the heat expanding them in the summer, the cold shrinking them, the ice expanding in the little cracks... all that causes the roads to suck donkey balls here.

couldn't tell the difference between a "busted car" & bad roads.
OK has good roads & bad roads.

it's hotter here (dallas county) most years than OK. winters here tho, seem to be much more mild.

roads are bad in OK, more due to lack of maintaimance than EQs or weather.

[achiro]

it's hotter here (dallas county) most years than OK.

I don't think that this is true. The devil keeps his soul overflow in SW Oklahoma during the summer.

[GKeeper316]

roads are bad in OK, more due to lack of maintaimance than EQs or weather.

not true. you should do a little digging into why our roads are so poor. in the 50s some guys that owned construction companies lobbied the state legislature to pass a law stating what our roads were to made out of, because the materials were cheap. basically they decided that if they built cheap roads, they could make tons of cash in the future picking up contracts to repair them.

[sperry]

South Dakota gets damned hot. Damned cold too. Here's a link to annual temperature with the state's ranking next to them. This particular one basically ranks the states based on the extremes - summer to winter.

#1 is Florida, #2 is Hawaii.

Oklahoma comes in at #11, far from "the most inhospitable weather on the planet." BTW, North Dakota is #49, and South Dakota is #38.

http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/US/average-annual-state-temperatures.php


It's just ranking them on their average temperature. Average temperature doesn't mean much, look at the state right behind OK. California has basically one temperature all year, while Okie ranges from about 10 to 110.

[texaspokieokie]

not true. you should do a little digging into why our roads are so poor. in the 50s some guys that owned construction companies lobbied the state legislature to pass a law stating what our roads were to made out of, because the materials were cheap. basically they decided that if they built cheap roads, they could make tons of cash in the future picking up contracts to repair them.

so they been doing it that way for 60 yrs.

thot you said it was the weather & EQs.

[GKeeper316]

so they been doing it that way for 60 yrs.

thot you said it was the weather & EQs.

i said all that **** contributed. add it all up. the sum is greater than the whole of its parts, etc.

use your brain for something besides memorizing porn star stats.

[texaspokieokie]

It's just ranking them on their average temperature. Average temperature doesn't mean much, look at the state right behind OK. California has basically one temperature all year, while Okie ranges from about 10 to 110.

yep, how can you have an average for a big state like CA, which includes the highest & lowest points in the lower 48.

if you're not near the coast, southern CA is all desert. in fact, LA is technically a desert.

reckon needles is nice in the summer ??

low desert.

at least in high desert, it cools off a little @ nite.

[olevetonahill]

i said all that **** contributed. add it all up. the sum is greater than the whole of its parts, etc.

use your brain for something besides memorizing porn star stats.

You consistently earn ya one :pop:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QgcIP-pa2II/SUbQw9KAJcI/AAAAAAAAAX8/TygI4OQWl-E/s400/GomerPyle.jpg

[GKeeper316]

yep, how can you have an average for a big state like CA, which includes the highest & lowest points in the lower 48.

if you're not near the coast, southern CA is all desert. in fact, LA is technically a desert.

reckon needles is nice in the summer ??

low desert.

at least in high desert, it cools off a little @ nite.

yup. nothing more annoying than having to carry around a damn sweater in your alice pack so you don't freeze at night, while its 100+ in the day. **** you, twentynine palms!!!!

[texaspokieokie]

i said all that **** contributed. add it all up. the sum is greater than the whole of its parts, etc.

use your brain for something besides memorizing porn star stats.

your sweet talk about usage of my brain will not convince me to agree with you. :D

[texaspokieokie]

a few times recently, CA has had the highest & lowest temp in the 48, on the same days.

[GKeeper316]

a few times recently, CA has had the highest & lowest temp in the 48, on the same days.

ya its california ffs. you can go snowboarding in tahoe in the morning and drive out and surf mavericks in the afternoon.

[Eielson]

I mentioned the Dakotas because nobody has their extremes. 110+ in the summer, and 40-below in the winter.

I've been to North Dakota many times in my life, and I've never seen it get anywhere near 110. High 80's is miserable for them. I also don't recall ever experiencing anywhere near -40.

[Peach Fuzz]

ya its california ffs. you can go snowboarding in tahoe in the morning and drive out and surf mavericks in the afternoon.

You can do this in SoCal too... sometimes we would get lucky and get snow early on big bear and hit the waves 3 hours later... it's different for sure

[C&CDean]

I give up. North Dakota has the best weather on the whole planet. Oklahoma's is the worst. What a ****ty place for us to be. You geniuses think every summer in Oklahoma is like this one. Geez.

Oklahoma is damned moderate. Four seasons, not too bad winters, not too bad summers. You can fly almost every day here. You can play golf year round - except for cold snaps that never last more than a few days.

Some of you folks need to start travelling - or maybe start seeking professional help.

[cccasooner2]

yep, how can you have an average for a big state like CA, which includes the highest & lowest points in the lower 48.

if you're not near the coast, southern CA is all desert. in fact, LA is technically a desert.

reckon needles is nice in the summer ??

low desert.

at least in high desert, it cools off a little @ nite.


Highest temp I was in was in Needles back in the 70's. Over 120 degrees when we hit needles and checked into a motel at around 5pm. Both the dog and the wife were laying on their backs on the bed with their tounges hanging out as I dragged the sh*t in from the RV. Left in the morning hours about 2am to take advantage of the 80 degree temp (the RV at the time didn't have A/C).

[C&CDean]

And for you californy dudes, when I lived in Tucson it could be 100 degrees in town, and 35 miles up Mt. Lemmon you could go snow skiing. 35 miles away.

[cccasooner2]

And for you californy dudes, when I lived in Tucson it could be 100 degrees in town, and 35 miles up Mt. Lemmon you could go snow skiing. 35 miles away.

Same in Palm Springs except closer.

[Eielson]

And while saying Oklahoma is one of the most inhospitable places in the planet is definitely hyperbole, it is one of the harder places for newcomers to get used to in country. Temperature differential between seasons isn't that important. Our summers are absolutely brutal for northerners. I've heard multiple stories about people sweating in places that they didn't think possible in their first summer here.

[GKeeper316]

And while saying Oklahoma is one of the most inhospitable places in the planet is definitely hyperbole, it is one of the harder places for newcomers to get used to in country. Temperature differential between seasons isn't that important. Our summers are absolutely brutal for northerners. I've heard multiple stories about people sweating in places that they didn't think possible in their first summer here.

a couple years after we moved here, my grandparents came to visit for the summer from indiana.

they havn't been back since.

[49r]

oklahoma is the most inhospitable environment on the planet.

Northern Siberia is a more inhospitable environment than Oklahoma and it's not even close.

As far as continental areas it ranks up there with Antarctica and interior Greenland for being inhospitable for humans. Come to think of it, portions of Mt. Everest above 28,000 feet (commonly referred to as "the death zone" due to it's lack of oxygen) would be another place I'd prefer Oklahoma to.

Other places that are less human-friendly than OK include the Mojave, Death Valley, the Sahara, the Nullarbor Plain, most of Saudi Arabia, the Gobi...

[GKeeper316]

Northern Siberia is a more inhospitable environment than Oklahoma and it's not even close.

As far as continental areas it ranks up there with Antarctica and interior Greenland for being inhospitable for humans. Come to think of it, portions of Mt. Everest above 28,000 feet (commonly referred to as "the death zone" due to it's lack of oxygen) would be another place I'd prefer Oklahoma to.

Other places that are less human-friendly than OK include the Mojave, Death Valley, the Sahara, the Nullarbor Plain, most of Saudi Arabia, the Gobi...

ya but all those places don't change much, year round.
it was hyperbole to say it, i admit, but just looking at the extremes from season to season, oklahoma has some seriously ****ed up, nasty and punch you in the face weather.

when i lived in indiana after i got out of the corps., i tried to explain the "wall of heat" effect to those people up there. they didn't believe me when i said going outside from an air conditioned building in the middle of an oklahoma summer felt like walking into a wall of fire.

its just something you have to experience to understand i guess.

[jk the sooner fan]

wait - porn stars have stats?

[49r]

ya but all those places don't change much, year round.
it was hyperbole to say it, i admit, but just looking at the extremes from season to season, oklahoma has some seriously ****ed up, nasty and punch you in the face weather.

when i lived in indiana after i got out of the corps., i tried to explain the "wall of heat" effect to those people up there. they didn't believe me when i said going outside from an air conditioned building in the middle of an oklahoma summer felt like walking into a wall of fire.

its just something you have to experience to understand i guess.

I've lived all over this great land of ours and I have a fairly reasonable idea of what is considered lousy weather.

Check it out skip, some of the worst continental zones in North America include the upper midwest (Iowa, southern MN, South Dakota, parts of Nebraska)...all those places experience about an 80-90 degree variation in temp between summer maximum and winter minimum. Places like the deserts I've mentioned and Siberia can push 110 degrees. I believe Oklahoma's is around 60-70.

Dubai snickers mildly at your "wall of heat".

[cccasooner2]

wait - porn stars have stats?

http://www.thepornstarwars.com/stats.php

Pacoima knows.

[oudavid1]

Its called being a man and not complaining about what you cannot change.

[Eielson]

I give up. North Dakota has the best weather on the whole planet. Oklahoma's is the worst. What a ****ty place for us to be. You geniuses think every summer in Oklahoma is like this one. Geez.

Oklahoma is damned moderate. Four seasons, not too bad winters, not too bad summers. You can fly almost every day here. You can play golf year round - except for cold snaps that never last more than a few days.

Some of you folks need to start travelling - or maybe start seeking professional help.

Oklahoma has the 4th hottest summer in the US. I'm not sure where you getting this "not too bad summers" from. As a side note, the only three states to have hotter summers than us also have the warmest winters if you exclude Hawaii.

http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/hottest-states.php

[SoonerNate]

I just looked on my phone and it says you guys are going to have a high of 114 on Wednesday! Between that, the wind, and the tornadoes...

[usmc-sooner]

I'd rather it be hot than cold

[texaspokieokie]

the summers here in dallas county (irving) are much worse than the summers
when i lived in OK. that is, in the tulsa & okmulgee area.

however, the winters here are much more mild than up there.

one thing that makes it seem hotter, as someone mentioned above, going
outside after being in an air-conditioned building.

wasn't nearly as much air-conditioning around when i was young.

[SoonerNate]

Its called being a man and not complaining about what you cannot change.

that or moving

[C&CDean]

I just looked on my phone and it says you guys are going to have a high of 114 on Wednesday! Between that, the wind, and the tornadoes...

You may as well change your handle to Hurricane Nate. Or Seminole Boy. Or Gaytor Nate.

Leave Oklahoma to the mens. And womens. You fairyfloaters can have your Flowerda all day long.

[C&CDean]

Oklahoma has the 4th hottest summer in the US. I'm not sure where you getting this "not too bad summers" from. As a side note, the only three states to have hotter summers than us also have the warmest winters if you exclude Hawaii.

http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/hottest-states.php

I'm from Tucson. Summers here are "not too bad." *****.

[oumartin]

People that live south of Watonga don't know how harsh a winter can be in Oklahoma. the wind blows constantly west of 1-35 and north of 1-40. In the winter that makes it brutal. We were minus 20 last winter for two straight nights. Certainly its not typically the extremes in the winter as some places but when you can go from 100 to 40 in 24 hours and vice versa it's pretty extreme.

Summers like this make it suck too, I was in vegas and it was alot cooler there than here. We are in a huge drought.

this year has been a pretty extreme year.

[texaspokieokie]

friend of mine that lives & works in oakland just called to tell me it's 68 degrees there. he's a native texan (almost) & likes to rub it in.
he's pretty funny.

[GKeeper316]

Dubai snickers mildly at your "wall of heat".

dubai doesn't get its heat with our humidity.

[texaspokieokie]

People that live south of Watonga don't know how harsh a winter can be in Oklahoma. the wind blows constantly west of 1-35 and north of 1-40. In the winter that makes it brutal. We were minus 20 last winter for two straight nights. Certainly its not typically the extremes in the winter as some places but when you can go from 100 to 40 in 24 hours and vice versa it's pretty extreme.

Summers like this make it suck too, I was in vegas and it was alot cooler there than here. We are in a huge drought.

this year has been a pretty extreme year.

i lived in bartlesville one winter & worked outside. for me, it was brutal.

[oumartin]

i lived in bartlesville one winter & worked outside. for me, it was brutal.

I've lived in Bartlesville and yes it sucks in the summer because the humidity gets high. However the wind doesn't blow like it does in places like weatherford and the panhandle.

[sooner ngintunr]

dubai doesn't get its heat with our humidity.

You're right. In Dubai it's way hotter with more humidty.:rolleyes:

Do you ever know what you're talking about?

[texaspokieokie]

I've lived in Bartlesville and yes it sucks in the summer because the humidity gets high. However the wind doesn't blow like it does in places like weatherford and the panhandle.

i moved before summer.

i mworked outside when it was 10 degrees or lower. don't remember if it was windy or not.

[GKeeper316]

You're right. In Dubai it's way hotter with more humidty.:rolleyes:

Do you ever know what you're talking about?

looks like dubai is right around where oklahoma is this summer.

[OU Adonis]

The heat isn't as bad as people make it out to be if you attempt to get acclimated to it.

Now it sucks for the older folks, kids and obese people. They have harder times getting acclimated to it.

[sooner ngintunr]

looks like dubai is right around where oklahoma is this summer.

Really? Tomorrows forecast for dubai;

Sunny. Temperature of 104°F. Winds SW 16mph. Humidity will be 50% with a dewpoint of 82° and feels-like temperature of 130°F.

[oumartin]

i moved before summer.

i mworked outside when it was 10 degrees or lower. don't remember if it was windy or not.

Working anywhere in temps that cold would suck.. Your point?.. :D

[texaspokieokie]

Working anywhere in temps that cold would suck.. Your point?.. :D

especially for a weenie like me.

no point.:D

[diverdog]

on the planet?
i can think of a dozen or so places outside the US that are more inhospitable than Oklahoma

MT Washington NH for starters.

[GKeeper316]

Really? Tomorrows forecast for dubai;

Sunny. Temperature of 104°F. Winds SW 16mph. Humidity will be 50% with a dewpoint of 82° and feels-like temperature of 130°F.

the forecast i looked at said about 31% humidity, putting the heat index at 112... which is right around what oklahoma is getting right now.

and let me know the next time ****in dubai is sitting under a 2 inch thick sheet of ice. then dubai can talk smack about oklahoma weather.

[tcrb]

I grew up in NW OK and remember the hot summers and chilly winters. If you think that OK weather is hard to deal with, you've obviously never spent any time up north. I spent 20 long miserable winters in MN. The coldest temp I remember was -42. Coldest windchill was -85. One 2 week stretch in January, the highest temp we had was -10. Earliest snowfall was 38" on Halloween, and the latest was 21" on April 27. The worst part about winter there is that it starts Nov 1 and you are still waiting for the snow to melt in late May. I now live in Houston and today was 101, and I just went for a walk and it's still 95 out and I enjoyed every step. I'd much rather sweat than shiver, and you'll never hear me complain about the heat.

[C&CDean]

What I've learned from this thread:

A whole lot of vaginal excretion thinks Oklahoma has bad weather. The rest of us? We're vaginal depositors.

[oumartin]

It's hot in my pants! and humid...

[okie52]

I've lived all over this great land of ours and I have a fairly reasonable idea of what is considered lousy weather.

Check it out skip, some of the worst continental zones in North America include the upper midwest (Iowa, southern MN, South Dakota, parts of Nebraska)...all those places experience about an 80-90 degree variation in temp between summer maximum and winter minimum. Places like the deserts I've mentioned and Siberia can push 110 degrees. I believe Oklahoma's is around 60-70.

Dubai snickers mildly at your "wall of heat".

Any comparison of a Siberian summer and a ok one is laughable.

Ok is not the most inhospitable place on the Planet by any stretch. But ok summers are tough by any standard.

[C&CDean]

Any comparison of a Siberian summer and a ok one is laughable.

Ok is not the most inhospitable place on the Planet by any stretch. But ok summers are tough by any standard.

An average of maybe 95 is not "tough" by any standard.

[SicEmBaylor]

i have too much family and roots to ever think of Oklahoma as inhospitable

you can find nice people no matter where you go

Yes,but it gets a lot harder north of the mason dixon line.

[tcrb]

Yes,but it gets a lot harder north of the mason dixon line.

There are plenty of good folks up north. But there are a lot of them that think that a southern accent is indicative of ignorance.

[okie52]

An average of maybe 95 is not "tough" by any standard.

It is to anybody north of OK

[okie52]

An average of maybe 95 is not "tough" by any standard.


There are plenty of good folks up north. But there are a lot of them that think that a southern accent is indicative of ignorance.

I feel the same way about nasal accents.

[C&CDean]

I feel the same way about nasal accents.

You and me both.

"It's wicked pissah up heah."

[jk the sooner fan]

Yes,but it gets a lot harder north of the mason dixon line.

No, it really doesn't

[Eielson]

I'm from Tucson. Summers here are "not too bad." *****.

I've grown up in Oklahoma and been through countless padded summer football practices, played in many all-day summer baseball tournaments (some of which didn't even have a cover to the dugout), participated in several summer basketball tournaments in gyms with no AC, and even took part in a couple rugby 7's tournaments. None of that is relevant, though. Oklahoma has the 4th hottest summers in the US, and it doesn't matter if you grew up wearing coats in Arizona (which, BTW, is not one of the three states with hotter summers) or streaking in Antarctica.

[Peach Fuzz]

Heaven forbid you guys go to the southwest part of the state.

Lubbock is the hottest city in the U.S. followed by 2. OKC. Tulsa is 8th if I remember correctly.

[okie52]

You and me both.

"It's wicked pissah up heah."

I think they have bigger noses.

[GKeeper316]

Heaven forbid you guys go to the southwest part of the state.

Lubbock is the hottest city in the U.S. followed by 2. OKC. Tulsa is 8th if I remember correctly.

when we lived in clovis, the closest decent shopping was lubbock... we used to hate when mom wanted to go in the summer. just walking from the family conversion van (that was like xibit pimped 80s style) into the mall across that evil blacktop parking lot i swear i thought the soles on my sneaks would melt... i mean you could literally feel the heat through your shoes, it was that hot.

[SicEmBaylor]

No, it really doesn't

You're basically one of them so this news does not shock me in the least.

[Peach Fuzz]

I had similar stories growing up in Tucumcari to amarilly.. that's weird. LA Gear couldn't handle it lol.

Clinton just had our 56th 100+ this year.. Lubbock has 64.. Hollis and Altus both have 62, and Childress has 66. Can't find OKC but I thinks it's almost 40 if not more.

[Sooner_Tuf]

This summer has been horrible but some summers we never hit 100 degrees. Same thing with winters here. Some are chilly and some are as nice as Phoenix.

Overall Oklahoma has pretty decent weather for a place that has seasons.

[SoonerNate]

It's going to be 114 degrees and the mod is ripping me?

It's the Bible Belt! Take a hint. God is saying GTFO

Preface: I'm from there (Edmond Memorial High) but I took the hint on May 3rd, 1999.

[SoonerNate]

...just messing with some of you all. I've been there all of July and I swore it would finally cool off once I left but I cannot believe that it is getting even hotter.

Maybe God is telling them that global warming is for real which of course it is.

[olevetonahill]

...just messing with some of you all. I've been there all of July and I swore it would finally cool off once I left but I cannot believe that it is getting even hotter.

Maybe God is telling them that global warming is for real which of course it is.

Hell we just hitting the HOT part of the year, Its been this way since the 1st week of June down here in my neck of the woods.

[SoonerNate]

You may as well change your handle to Hurricane Nate. Or Seminole Boy. Or Gaytor Nate.

Leave Oklahoma to the mens. And womens. You fairyfloaters can have your Flowerda all day long.

That is below the belt. I head up the "Sooners of Palm Beach County Club." We are everywhere and you should know this. Come on, Dean... Argh.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sooner-Fans-of-Palm-Beach-County/121194621277901

[StoopTroup]

We're not pussies.

Well said. Thread ended.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Personally, it's the damned wind in Oklahoma that I don't miss.

[olevetonahill]

Personally, it's the damned wind in Oklahoma that I don't miss.

I dont get all that much wind here. Now when I lived in Elk City yea there was some major wind

[SoonerNate]

There was that damned high pressure system over the state the entire time I was there. Here's truly hoping you guys get a break soon. I know in a couple of months I'll be jealous as hell.

[SoonerNate]

I was in OKC from early June- last week

[StoopTroup]

You may as well change your handle to Hurricane Nate. Or Seminole Boy. Or Gaytor Nate.

Leave Oklahoma to the mens. And womens. You fairyfloaters can have your Flowerda all day long.

Besides Mjcpr's comment what you've said right there is right on the money. I mean everyone that ever stood up to Switzers Defenses back in the 70's knows that an *** Whooping was coming back then even if they were to get lucky and pull out a win.

We've got a lot of posters that don't get to see a lot of games in the flesh. The day ole McNabb puked his brains out in Norman and we pulled off a win against Syracuse at Home on one of John Blake's better days of Coaching you just knew we won that one because we could handle the extreme temps and humidity that we endure here. There have been so many others. We have played in tornadic rains and days that were hot enough to make you puke that turned cold enough to catch pneumonia by the time night turned into the 4th qtr. I'm sure many others have endured tough Weather too but we have done it in the Big 8 and now the Big XII for decades. Even Nebraska always thought they had an edge on Teams because they had endured more cold weather but we have endured the many extremes that Oklahoma Weather brings us. Those of us that have worked in it for years, camped in it for years, run Cattle or farmed in it for years know where the toughness comes from and it's why we have 7 Trophies to OUr name.

You hit it right on the Money about Nate IMO. He's 100% behind us when the weathers nice but to have to endure a bit of bad weather to root OUr Boys on to number 8 he'd probably rather see us drop a game as to have to stand in the freezing weather of an Ice Bowl or the day you'd pay $100 for an ice cold bottle of water to get you through the 4th qtr of a close game.

I know the stuff I've endured as a fan is nothing compared to what OUr boys have endured to put wins on the board but I can tell you this....I'm PrOUd of every moment I spent rooting Barry and Bob's teams on when I could have been at the bar watching on TV.

It's called being a hardcore and I'm proud to be one.

[stoopified]

We're Sooners.bingo

[jk the sooner fan]

You're basically one of them so this news does not shock me in the least.

One of them what? Men who've actually been with women? Yes I can see how that would baffle you

[BudSooner]

I'd rather it be hot than cold
Get the **** out, at least ya can put something on to get warm, it tends to offend women when I try to cool off and the old dong is a swinging back and forth. :D

I'm from Tucson. Summers here are "not too bad." *****.Average summer I will give ya but this summer has been anything but average.
Still it beats being in Cali with the illegal loving potheads etc.

[King Barry's Back]

I didn't post this to **** on the state but instead to ask how you deal with it

Be careful. Okies in general are usually pretty defensive. But "weather smack" usually doesn't set them (us) off, if for no other reason than Oklahoma weather really is pretty brutal.

Not worst in the world BY ANY MEANS, but not what you'd call lovely, either.

[C&CDean]

I've grown up in Oklahoma and been through countless padded summer football practices, played in many all-day summer baseball tournaments (some of which didn't even have a cover to the dugout), participated in several summer basketball tournaments in gyms with no AC, and even took part in a couple rugby 7's tournaments. None of that is relevant, though. Oklahoma has the 4th hottest summers in the US, and it doesn't matter if you grew up wearing coats in Arizona (which, BTW, is not one of the three states with hotter summers) or streaking in Antarctica.

There's one thing that brings Oklahoma's summertime temps up to that average. It's called Altus/Lawton/Tipton/Frederick/Mangum/Hollis etc. That little SW corner of the state skews the hell out of the rest of the state's numbers.

I've lived here for over 20 years now. I can remember several years during this time that the Norman/OKC area never hit 100 all year. When I lived in Tucson, it was 100+ beginning in early May, and stayed that way through October. Every year. The only respite being the monsoons in July/August where the highs would drop to the high 90's because of the rain/clouds.

Likewise, the Northern half of Arizona skews their average numbers downward. I guess one would have to think a little to figure it out though.:rolleyes:

[MsProudSooner]

The 'low' in Tulsa was 87 last night.

The only way to deal with it is to stay inside as much as possible.

[C&CDean]

The 'low' in Tulsa was 87 last night.

The only way to deal with it is to stay inside as much as possible.

Or stay outside and learn to deal with it.

What effs you up is going from A/C to the heat back and forth. If I go out and start working in the morning, and stay out all day, it isn't near as bad as if I go in and out all day.

[jk the sooner fan]

it looks really hot out there from my office on the 8th floor - should be 108ish today!

[TFSooner]

Or stay outside and learn to deal with it.

What effs you up is going from A/C to the heat back and forth. If I go out and start working in the morning, and stay out all day, it isn't near as bad as if I go in and out all day.

This. I grew up without A/C, so I am used to the heat. I regularly run two miles in the evening (around 6 pm), do yard work, walk the dogs, and stay outside all evening until dark. Much, much rather be hot than cold.

[Eielson]

There's one thing that brings Oklahoma's summertime temps up to that average. It's called Altus/Lawton/Tipton/Frederick/Mangum/Hollis etc. That little SW corner of the state skews the hell out of the rest of the state's numbers.

...

I guess one would have to think a little to figure it out though.:rolleyes:

The NE Corner:

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/74003

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USOK0537

The SW Corner:

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USOK0307

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/73521

That 2-3 degree difference does not skew the hell out of Oklahoma's numbers. Perhaps you should spend less time "thinking" and more time checking facts.

[GKeeper316]

The NE Corner:

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/74003

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USOK0537

The SW Corner:

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USOK0307

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/73521

That 2-3 degree difference does not skew the hell out of Oklahoma's numbers. Perhaps you should spend less time "thinking" and more time checking facts.

don't try to confuse dean with fact or logic. he knows what he knows and there ain't **** gonna convince him otherwise.

[Position Limit]

i dont mind the heat. i will say this summer has been impressive, but i'll take very hot over mildly cold every day of the year if i could. my only complaint is the toll it's taken on my running. it's too hot for me to get any road work in. and i aint getting up at 5:30 am.

[pphilfran]

There's one thing that brings Oklahoma's summertime temps up to that average. It's called Altus/Lawton/Tipton/Frederick/Mangum/Hollis etc. That little SW corner of the state skews the hell out of the rest of the state's numbers.

I've lived here for over 20 years now. I can remember several years during this time that the Norman/OKC area never hit 100 all year. When I lived in Tucson, it was 100+ beginning in early May, and stayed that way through October. Every year. The only respite being the monsoons in July/August where the highs would drop to the high 90's because of the rain/clouds.

Likewise, the Northern half of Arizona skews their average numbers downward. I guess one would have to think a little to figure it out though.:rolleyes:

This year Tuscon barely avg 100 in July...11 days under 100...hell, on July 11th it only hit 89...I'd kill for a high of 89....

[Position Limit]

oh and for you homo's claiming extreme weather, i lived in chicago for 4 years off the lake. brutal.

[GKeeper316]

oh and for you homo's claiming extreme weather, i lived in chicago for 4 years off the lake. brutal.

ya i have friends from indiana that told some stories about the wind that comes in off the lake up there.

personally, my ideal place to live would be seattle. 65 and overcast and i'm a happy camper.

[3rdgensooner]

Lots of manly men getting manly about weather up in this thread...

[pphilfran]

Lots of manly men getting manly about weather up in this thread...

Go play with your dolls, little girl...

[tcrb]

ya i have friends from indiana that told some stories about the wind that comes in off the lake up there.

personally, my ideal place to live would be seattle. 65 and overcast and i'm a happy camper.

The gray days get old too. Seattle was the first place I lived after growing up in OK. I thought it was heaven at first because of the cool temps and frequent rain. But about 4 or 5 years of weeks on end of gray skies and damp, drizzly weather, and I began to miss the sunshine. But it was still better than the brutal winters I got myself into when I moved to MN.

[3rdgensooner]

Go play with your dolls, little girl...I'll do that right after I toy with the puppets in my theater.

[jk the sooner fan]

i'm not afraid to admit this - i could not work out in this heat

could not do it

i watch the guys across the street building that hotel - wearing long sleeves and pants and that hard hat - nooooooo thank you

for those of you working outside in this crap - this buds for you!

[GKeeper316]

The gray days get old too. Seattle was the first place I lived after growing up in OK. I thought it was heaven at first because of the cool temps and frequent rain. But about 4 or 5 years of weeks on end of gray skies and damp, drizzly weather, and I began to miss the sunshine. But it was still better than the brutal winters I got myself into when I moved to MN.

my eyes have an odd sensitivity to light. my eye doctor blames my particular astigmatism.

overcast skies mean i can actually see.

[olevetonahill]

i'm not afraid to admit this - i could not work out in this heat

could not do it

i watch the guys across the street building that hotel - wearing long sleeves and pants and that hard hat - nooooooo thank you

for those of you working outside in this crap - this buds for you!

Both my sons work out in this as welders, Back in da day I could, now My old fat *** would DIE:eek:

[okie52]

my eyes have an odd sensitivity to light. my eye doctor blames my particular astigmatism.

overcast skies mean i can actually see.

Sunglasses??????

Seattle use to have the highest suicide rate in the country. Rain 70% of time. Sounds depressing.

[jk the sooner fan]

Both my sons work out in this as welders, Back in da day I could, now My old fat *** would DIE:eek:

yeah 20 years ago i could - today? no way in hell

welders? jeebus - with all the crap they have to wear - its even worse

[yankee]

Just another reason the state of Oklahoma sucks. :pop:

[MsProudSooner]

Just another reason the state of Oklahoma sucks. :pop:

You have to be tough to live in Oklahoma. Wimps need not apply!

[yankee]

You have to be tough to live in Oklahoma. Wimps need not apply!

I live in TX, I know all about heat lady. :texan:

[SoonerAtKU]

Lots of manly men getting manly about weather up in this thread...

Poor, uneducated people also make fun of those in their community that go to college and get jobs. It's a coping mechanism. ;)

And it's hot as hell here in St. Louis, too. Feels like getting hit in the face with a hot, wet towel every time I go outside.

[delhalew]

I do feel like superman for being able to work out in this crap. Ask me about the skin cancer later.

[GKeeper316]

Sunglasses??????

Seattle use to have the highest suicide rate in the country. Rain 70% of time. Sounds depressing.

i can't wear contacts. best i can manage is lenses that get a little darker in sunlight on my perscriptions.

[texaspokieokie]

i mite like seattle. do like cloudy weather, & rain. years of it might be too much.

san diego would be nice. of course, very expensive.

at the present time, san francisco sounds really nice. was there in august once, & got cold.

LA weather is nice. 80s for hi & 60s for lo.

also, in the summer, flagstaff.

[TFSooner]

I live in TX, I know all about hot air lady. :texan:

FIFY :)

[olevetonahill]

yeah 20 years ago i could - today? no way in hell

welders? jeebus - with all the crap they have to wear - its even worse

No **** and Most of the work is O/S:hot:

[texaspokieokie]

110 in dallas yesterdy.

[Peach Fuzz]

114 out west... **** oil field

[oudavid1]

getting some rain right now here at Bob Moore Cadillac in Edmond.

[SicEmBaylor]

We're not pussies.

Please make sure you have nice weather in Tampa Sept 7 - 12, TIA.

/thread and +1

[delhalew]

i can't wear contacts. best i can manage is lenses that get a little darker in sunlight on my perscriptions.

Have you been under a rock? You can get great looking glasses with clip on shades.

I have a serious aversion to sunlight, and I don't like contacts.

Without my clip ons, magnetic actually, I would not survive.

[GKeeper316]

Have you been under a rock? You can get great looking glasses with clip on shades.

I have a serious aversion to sunlight, and I don't like contacts.

Without my clip ons, magnetic actually, I would not survive.

ya but i'm not a dork.

[C&CDean]

The NE Corner:

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/74003

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USOK0537

The SW Corner:

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USOK0307

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/73521

That 2-3 degree difference does not skew the hell out of Oklahoma's numbers. Perhaps you should spend less time "thinking" and more time checking facts.

Oh. My bad. I meant to say "Western Oklahoma." You and GK need to cop a room and spend some time checking out each others' "facts."

[olevetonahill]

ya but i'm not a dork.

Yea you are.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QgcIP-pa2II/SUbQw9KAJcI/AAAAAAAAAX8/TygI4OQWl-E/s400/GomerPyle.jpg

[delhalew]

ya but i'm not a dork.

Trust me. Look around, and you'll find some slim, good looking specs. Besides, if you really have the same condition I do, you would wear a ****ing welding helmet.

I'm just trying to help your clueless ***, but you can't fix stupid.

[GKeeper316]

Trust me. Look around, and you'll find some slim, good looking specs. Besides, if you really have the same condition I do, you would wear a ****ing welding helmet.

i was just kidding about the dork crack... honestly clip ons hadn't even occurred to me.

[delhalew]

i was just kidding about the dork crack... honestly clip ons hadn't even occurred to me.

I get compliments on my "shades" most people never notice they are specs.

[Peach Fuzz]

"oh hey maverick! I looooooove your shades... DO ME!!!"

[delhalew]

"oh hey maverick! I looooooove your shades... DO ME!!!"

http://www.myaffiliatetips.com/Images/goose-and-maverick.jpg

[olevetonahill]

Trust me. Look around, and you'll find some slim, good looking specs. Besides, if you really have the same condition I do, you would wear a ****ing welding helmet.

I'm just trying to help your clueless ***, but you can't fix stupid.

:D :D :D

[oudavid1]

http://www.myaffiliatetips.com/Images/goose-and-maverick.jpg

Your trying hard not to show it baby,

BUT BABY, BELIEVE ME I KNOWWWW ITTTT.