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Published: March 20, 2008
What spring might bring
By Tony Thornton
If you live in waterlogged areas like Clayton or Antlers or Broken Bow , you may not appreciate the next paragraph.

Welcome to the rainy season.

Those three towns, like much of southeast Oklahoma , each received at least 15 inches of rain this winter, at least half of it coming in the past month.

Spring, which begins today, promises more of the same if historical data holds to form.

Oklahoma average...

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