Official confirmation, just in case you needed it:
Federal scientists confirmed Friday that Texas had its driest year on record in 2011.
The statewide average rainfall for the year totaled just 14.88 inches, according to the National Climatic Data Center, beating the previous low of 14.99 inches set in 1917.
And keep in mind that it was even worse than it seems, as several inches in that final tally only turned in the last few weeks of the year where, as welcome as it was, it did jack-all for farmers.
Heard on NPR that Texas lost half it’s trees this year to drought.
I thought Rick Perry’s prayathon was going to solve this?
Half? I don’t thinks so. The statistic I heard was 10%. That’s still a hell of a lot of trees,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/20/us-drought-trees-texas-idUSTRE7BJ20M20111220