Oklahoma overlanders where ya at?

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Iwata77

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New to Oklahoma, tornado sirens going off last night in OKC made me rethink this move. I like to camp in the spring, I doubt my tent is suitable shelter, what do the locals do while exploring?
Local weather forecasters are usually pretty good about predicting the severe storm potential a week out. You can either follow the cautions or roll the dice.
 

OkieDavid

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New to Oklahoma, tornado sirens going off last night in OKC made me rethink this move. I like to camp in the spring, I doubt my tent is suitable shelter, what do the locals do while exploring?
Believe or not, you get used to it. I've tent camped in a lot of bad weather, my first ever backpack in SE Oklahoma had tornadoes nearby. 30 years later and I hardly notice it. It's kind of like lightening, you don't want to ignore it, but there is not a lot you can do except be aware. I don't let it really change my plans.
 

Jwhitney1320

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New to Oklahoma, tornado sirens going off last night in OKC made me rethink this move. I like to camp in the spring, I doubt my tent is suitable shelter, what do the locals do while exploring?
The sirens will happen quite regularly. Most of the time it’s either precautionary or a small tornado that won’t do significant damage.


But there are a few….. we just won’t speak of those lol
 

NorCalRay

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We've been to a few offroad parks in OK but mostly tend to head to AR to the forest roads. We've hit several in the ouachitas but I hear the Ozarks have better wheeling.
Yeah we haven’t ventured over there yet. We recently moved here from Northern California, great wheeling there!
 
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Oh yeah, I'm jealous lol closest you might find to that here might be Disney on Grand Lake or maybe Crossbar Ranch in Davis OK...still won't be as good. I've got a few more things I need to finish on the jeep before it's ready to go back out but I hope to round up a small group to go camp and explore the Ozarks this summer.
 
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