Because I intend to be traveling to Oklahoma City toward the end of June, I am very interested in the present weather news in that area as I am really hoping there are things still there to see and roads to get there to see them.

I remember back in 2010 when I had gotten home from a stay in the OU Medical Center there were a few days of heavy rain that helped in avoiding the temptation to go out and about too early and against doctor’s orders. Although my apartment was in a four-plex on top of small rise above the street in front in Mesta Park, it was still at the bottom of the hill that went from 13th Street down to 23rd, and the buildings on the North end to the block, mine included, acted like a dam holding back much of the water that was running down Lee Street and into the alley. The water had reached the top of the three steps to my back door, but because of the crawl space, the water ran under the building, out through the front, and down to the street, although I had to continually check to see if it was rising somewhere under the building and into it.

Streets in Oklahoma City were being flooded, and storm drains over run. But, as bad as it was then, it was nothing like what the pictures show now. The flooding I was there for was a scale model of what has been happening this spring.

There is going to be a lot of damage, most of which is not going to be covered by flood insurance because, up until now, who would have thought of needing it?

This means calls to Washington DC to get federal money for disaster relief for two states, Oklahoma and Texas, that continually curse at the federal government, and boast about their being uber-independent.

The governor of Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, has made an art of speaking loudly about the Oklahoma Spirit of independence that rejects federal government dependency, while running to the phone after every tornado, fire, and flood. After Hurricane Sandy, the two senators of the state voted against disaster aid to New York and New Jersey unless there were offsets, yet when their own state needed relief after a fire or two and a horrendously icy winter they were not concerned about offsets. Their concern was reserved only to other states in need.

Texas, ever in competition with Oklahoma, who can forget the race for the most executions in a given year that took place not too long ago, also brags about independence until they need to ignore it.

And, with their present flood situation, that time would be now.

After amping up the Texas paranoia concerning Jade Helm 15, the U.S. Special Operations training planned for several southwestern states this summer, Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for the Texas State Guard to monitor the mission.
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He is going to make sure that the federal government is not going to come into his state, take away everyone’s guns, round Texans up in closed Walmarts, ship some off shackled in specially designed FEMA train cars, and take over the state.

The federal government is the evil overlord that must be rejected, and FEMA is its collective minions

But now there are the floods.

According to President Obama, “I assured Gov. Abbott that he could count on the help of the federal government. We have FEMA personnel already on the ground. They are coordinating with Texas emergency management authorities and I will anticipate that there will be some significant requests made to Washington. My pledge to him is that we will expedite those requests”.

So Texas is presently working with FEMA, and can only stay true to its independence from the federal government by refusing to ask for federal disaster aid, or rejecting any that is forced on the state.

Historically, these two states lead the FEMA Relief Pack when it comes to asking for and getting money paid by the rest of the states with Texas at 75 times to Oklahoma’s 45. The next closest state is California with 24; 51 below Texas and 21 below Oklahoma.

Apparently the federal government is evil until you need them, and certain states are truly independent provided the rest of us are there to help them when it’s needed.

Or, is all this rain part of a plot to make sure that places like Texas need to rely on the federal government, and once trapped, will find they have been taken over.

Secession after getting federal help without paying back the rest of us who foot the bill would be a horrible introduction when it comes to foreign relations between the United States and the new nation of Texas.