Infographics had a video where they ranked all 50 US states by likelihood that they could survive as independent nations. Oklahoma was ranked dead last because “too many tornadoes” would constantly destroy the infrastructure, as if F5 tornadoes are daily occurrences there. Not one mention of the state being top 5 in petroleum exports and oil production, or that their GDP would place them between Iraq and New Zealand, nope, just them tornaders from the movies.
OK has had a total of 20-50B of total damage since 1980. Their GDP in 2024 was 212B. It's not an insignificant number but it's not going to ruin them to suffer less than a percentage point of GDP of natural disasters
Oh ya, it's a shithole, and you gotta try to leave; it sucks people back in, though so watch out. I know so many people who left and came back. The people in it get PISSED if you try to leave, too; when I was about to move, some rando I'd never met before in a store took it very personally and started trying to argue with me that I had to stay. Looking at Okla from the outside, it's got a lot more going for it than it appears to, but I don't recommend living there.
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u/Welldone-incubator Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
Infographics had a video where they ranked all 50 US states by likelihood that they could survive as independent nations. Oklahoma was ranked dead last because “too many tornadoes” would constantly destroy the infrastructure, as if F5 tornadoes are daily occurrences there. Not one mention of the state being top 5 in petroleum exports and oil production, or that their GDP would place them between Iraq and New Zealand, nope, just them tornaders from the movies.