Snapshots of the drought

From Texas Climate News

David Crossley, Oct 06, 11.

Texas Climate News is launching an occasional series, “Snapshots of the drought.” Installments will provide a montage of words and images in an effort to convey the Texas drought’s vast scope and kaleidoscopic effects, along with references to sources with more details.

Texas’ record-setting drought could stretch on for years to come, the state climatologist says.

Already, the worst one-year dry spell since records started being kept in the 19th century has had dramatic and growing impacts, including billions of dollars in economic losses. Millions of trees have died or are expected to die because of the exceptionally hot, dry conditions to date. State officials are voicing new worries about the long-range adequacy of the state’s water supplies. MORE