O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A

Well, it has almost been a year since my first real deployment on disaster recovery. That was Oklahoma City 2007. The new year has found me once again in the good state of Oklahoma (note that I put "good", not "great"...I think Texas only deserves that status). I put in 3 1/2 months last year, and I am hoping for the same this year.

I have already visited a few similar places, driving by the Fair Grounds and visiting a local religious gift store. The GREAT thing is that I am staying in the same GREAT hotel as last year and working in the same building. Anybody who knows me knows that I am a creature of habit. Change is BAAAAAD. There are many familiar faces at the Joint Field Office (JFO), which made me smile when I first arrived. And this go-around is for the same circumstance: winter ice storms.

A No-Go for Clovis

I finally found out when my deployment in Oklahoma City will be over...I think.

The Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) got word that it will be May 11th. My girlfriend is not too happy. She is missing me sorely, and she realized that almost a whole semester has gone by since I last came to see her at her college. May 11th is long past my expectations. Things have slowed down (in the Planning section) to the point that we are finding things to do. I expected to be out of here in mid-April. Other news came in as well...the Clovis tornado damage estimates have exceeded the threshold, and it has been declared a federal disaster.

However, it is very small, consisting of only two counties so I will not be needed at that location.