While it is, or was, regionally known in some circles for decades, social media is just now shedding light on an old-timers trick to predicting the coming winter season.
Between the recent weeks of rain and the forecasted temperatures this week, parts of Oklahoma and Texas are set to be among the hottest places on Earth later this week.
The weather these past few days has wreaked havoc across Oklahoma. All the way from the panhandle to the Red River, Oklahomans have experienced tornadoes, big hail, flooding and high winds, causing significant damage to homes, cars and anything left exposed to the elements - some of those were animals.
There are thunderstorms and then there are thunderstorms over Oklahoma. The Sooner State always seems to feature storms that are another level of intensity above what the rest of America sees. A new timelapse video proves that point showing lightning raging in the clouds over the plains.
I'm positive we've talked about this before, but I'm going to tell it again. When I was growing up, the original Twister film was shot in and around my hometown. You cannot believe how exciting it was to Small-Town Oklahoma.
When it comes to the topic of tornadoes, Oklahoma is universally known around the world for producing some of the biggest, including the last F6 ever measured... but it'd probably surprise most Okies that the Sooner State doesn't even crack the top five of the most tornado-prone counties in America.
Oklahoma is known for its water-color painted skies with its sunsets. So, us Okies are used to seeing beautiful colors in the sky as the sun is setting, but it's not often that we get hues of yellow, purple and pink in the early hours of the morning.
There is a large and dangerous tornado that was on the ground tonight near Cole, Oklahoma. Very intense video from storm chasers shows tremendous damage from what has been reported to be a mile-wide wedge twister at times.
Earthquakes are a common act of nature, but there's just been a moderate shaker that happened in a place where quakes that are felt are not common. That begs the question why did Oklahoma get shaken by an earthquake that was reportedly felt by nearly a thousand residents?