Flooding During the Drought

Who would have expected flooding during a drought, but it happened in a nearby city.   A twenty-four inch water main burst, and several homes ended up flooded.   The water main was a 50 plus year old piece of cast iron pipe.   But to at least one home owner's despair, they learned their regular homeowner's policy didn't cover the damage, because the cause wasn't on their property.    And, the city wasn't liable for the damage, wording in their papers.  To be  covered, the homeowners would have needed flood insurance.

To top this all off, the city increased their water restrictions.

Finally Some Much Needed Rain

Last night, it rained a whole 37/100th of an inch, giving use a total rainfall for the year of just over a half an inch! We've had over 50 days of temperatures at or above 100°F! They're rationed us to water our yards only twice a week for starters, and many trees in town are showing the hot dry temperatures! Even though we got rain last night, we'll need a lot more before the drought ends.

Things in Texas have been so dry, that the Wall Street Journal published an article recently about it!