Texas fires: 80% of state in 'exceptional' drought. LA Times

[sce56]

The U.S. Drought Monitor has released a new map of drought conditions across the nation, and it's not a pretty picture for Texas. About 80% of the state is currently experiencing exceptional drought.

See what looks like a bloody scab in the bottom center of the country? The brick-red color indicates exceptional drought. The brighter red is considered the not-quite-as-bad extreme drought. And the sunny yellow color? That's only severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor map is put together by the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Neb. Even as the East Coast is deluged by water -- a wet spring and summer is exacerbating the flood damage that hurricane-turned-tropical-storm Irene brought -- Texas and southern Oklahoma continue to experience bone-dry conditions. This week saw another round of above-normal temperatures with highs over 110 degrees.

The Associated Press calls it the worst drought on record. As of Thursday, Wichita Falls, Texas, had had 95 days of 100-plus temperatures. San Angelo, Texas, had had 93 days of 100-plus temperatures. To make matters worse, the drought conditions have led to a spate of destructive fires. Across Texas, firefighters are battling 14 wildfires that have burned nearly 20,900 acres, April Saginor, a spokeswoman for the Texas Forest Service, said in an interview with The Times.


But George W Perry the Gov of Tejas says climate change is a crock!

[Fumesucker]

1. Clearly Texas is still too liberal and God is punishing them for their sinful ways..

[DFW]

5. If only Texas were too liberal!!!

Ah, the days of Ann Richards

[Martin Eden]

2. Rick Perry needs to pray harder

or stop being such a dickwad

[kestrel91316]

3. I am confused. It it because of teh eebul gays? Or is it because

Gawd really DOES have a sense of justice?

[sce56]

4. Maybe it's like the religous nuts say "The sinful will burn in Hell"

From what I have read Gov Perry is pretty down right sinful with Strippers and who knows who else the typical Republican Hypocrite!

[Uncle Joe]

6. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, sce.

[sce56]

7. Ur Welcome

[Fokker Trip]

8. What happens when this doesn't stop?

After a few more years of ever worsening droughts, what are Texans going to do? Are they going to try to relocate? Does anyone in power ever think more than one year out these days? These changes are not likely to be temporary as the desert belts above and below the equator are moving farther north and south respectively.

Its going to get very difficult within a decade I believe.

Maybe the money for the pipeline should be spent on wind farms and solar facilities for Texas, at least then they might be able to desalinate water without burning more fuel and exacerbating the problem.

[sce56]

9. But if they don't get that pieline oil then how can they EXPORT that oil since that is the idea!

[sce56]

10. Toons tell the tale

[notGaryOldman]

11. Hey, it's just cyclical!

Nothin' to see here, folks. :sarcasm: