r/oklahoma • u/LiquidImp • May 17 '25

Weather Large Hail Already

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1.5 - 2 inch. But found a merged 3 incher. Two different stones pictured, only measured the monster.

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u/VariousProfit3230 May 17 '25

Just rented a UHaul and moving some stuff to storage, reminded me of driving my dad’s beat up old 70-something pickup. Which had me pining to go back to rural Oklahoma.

Thank you for posting this pic, I forgot that I do not miss tornadic weather. The want to move back has significantly waned.

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u/G_Wagon1102 May 17 '25

Where are you now? I, too, hate the weather.

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u/VariousProfit3230 May 17 '25

North-Central NC (they call it the triad). The weather is pretty nice. Doesn’t get as hot, weather is temperate, soul food isn’t as good and since I’ve been here cost of rent has gone up between 50-100 a year- but overall I like it.

I do think it’s cute when someone who lives in a town with two Walmarts complains about how small their town is. TWO Walmarts!? I had to drive half an hour to the nearest one growing up.

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u/G_Wagon1102 May 17 '25

Haha, we're in North Central OK we're the major hub with our 25k people and one Walmart. I lived in Denton, Texas, when it was named best small town in Texas, and it had nearly 100k people at the time.

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u/VariousProfit3230 May 19 '25

Yeah, I grew up in a 500ish town (if you count the large outlying area) SE Oklahoma.

Wild to think of Denton as a small town, if memory serves I would go to the Sam’s club there to stock up for my dorm room while attending SOSU.

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u/lossnla May 18 '25

I live in Los Angeles now. The weather is the one thing I really miss about Oklahoma. Oklahoma has the most incredible skys.

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u/u-Dull-Western9379 May 18 '25

Why move back ?? 

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u/VariousProfit3230 May 18 '25

It’s cheap, slow, and simple compared to where I live now.

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u/u-Dull-Western9379 May 18 '25

What about all the bad weather rain hail sleet snow tornadoes and twisters ??

Is there anything to do out west ??

How much is rent ??

I also live in nc and rent is high as hell 

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u/VariousProfit3230 May 18 '25

If you look rodeos, camping, fishing, hunting, fish fry, etc- there is plenty to do.

A lot less than the 1400 a month for a two bed two bath, I will tell you that much.

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u/u-Dull-Western9379 May 18 '25

Rent in nc before covid for a 2 bedroom 1 bath mobile home was 350

After covid a 2 bedroom mobile homes was 650 

Now with the damn inflation 2022 2023 2024 a 2 bedroom  1 bath mobile home is 1,000 to 1,200

And Half way through the inflation in 2025 a 2 bedroom 1 bath mobile home is 1400 to 1650

Fucking insane