oklahomans insist, no matter how much damage has been left behind, no storm is going to break their spirit. abc s mike becher, an oklahoman, explains. reporter: standsing a half mile in front of sunday s violent storm, watching yet another tornado plow through red dirt and houses built on it, i silently wondered why do i live here? the answer is rooted in dust. i m an okie. the o word was equivalent to a racial slur during the 1930s dust bowl. is that s fourth street across the interstate. reporter: but okies like country superstar toby keith, a moore native, who still lives here, now define okie with words like resilient and tough. just pernacious and a will to survive. that resiliency was proved after the 1999 moore tornado. the explosion is in the federal courthouse building. reporter: and a 1995 oklahoma