Here are some interesting statistics regarding the no. of major disasters, and presidential disaster declarations, that OK has received over the years.  Those numbers surely make me wonder why the states’ politicians have the views they do re federal assistance!

Oklahoma gets far more than its share of disasters.  Here are the leadin sentences to the article:

Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central.The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74th presidential disaster declared in the Sooner state in the past 60 years. Only much-larger and more-populous California and Texas have had more.

The state is No. 1 in tornado disasters and No. 3 for flooding, according to a database of presidential disaster declarations handled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And those figures don’t include drought, which is handled by a different agency.