Water, Water, Everywhere (For Now)
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- Rain falls in Bastrop, Texas Thursday afternoon.
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- As much as three inches of rain have fallen on the state in the last 24 hours
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- Blue skies over a lake outside of Houston, Texas
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- The National Weather Service is predicting more rain today
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- Water trickles down from Clear Lake in Houston
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- A fan waits after Game Two of the American League Championship Series at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington was postponed due to inclement weather on October 9, 2011 in Arlington, Texas.
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- Cattle stand in high water on a flooded farm after Hurricane Ike hit September 15, 2008 in Winnie, Texas. Ike caused extensive damage along the Texas Gold Coast, leaving millions without power.
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- A steer is reflected in water as it sits on the high ground of Rt 10 because pastures are filled with brackish flood waters from the storm surge of Hurricane Ike September 17, 2008 in Jefferson County Texas, Texas. Hundreds of cattle have died and more are expected die after drinking the brackish water. Hurricane Ike caused wide spread damage and power outages on the Texas coast.
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- Cattle stand in high water on a flooded farm after Hurricane Ike hit September 15, 2008 in Winnie, Texas. Ike caused extensive damage along the Texas Gold Coast, leaving millions without power.
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- A young boy cools off in the Volcano Lake slide, July 20, 2000, at the Wet ”N” Wild Waterworld in Anthony, Texas. A heat wave that stretches from Arizona to the southeast coast, is being blamed for at least 12 deaths in Texas and another six in Alabama and Louisiana. Health officials in some states say they won”t know how many people have died from sweltering temperatures until autopsies are complete. High humidity is making heat in the Southeast even deadlier than the dry heat of the Southwest.
It’s raining (and in some cases, flooding) across Texas. A popular question this morning will be: Is the Drought Over? And the answer to that largely depends on where you are. If you’re in East Texas, the answer is a qualified yes. (Many reservoirs still haven’t recovered.) In West Texas? There’s still a ways to go.
But regardless of whether or not the drought is technically abating, the issues behind it are here to stay. Texas is growing rapidly, and will not have enough water to meet its needs unless changes are made. (For an invigorating discussion of those issues, check out this Twitter chat from earlier in the week.)
For now, it’s nice to take a breath and appreciate the wet winter behind us and the hopefully-wet Spring/Summer ahead. Above is a slideshow of scenes of water in Texas to feast your eyes on in the meantime.
