Texas Climatologists Say Our Drought is WORST in History

Here's the facts, according to the Texas government:

• 94 percent of pasture and rangeland is rated as poor or very poor and nearly all of the hay supply is being brought in from other states.
• With a limited water supply, ranchers are having to reduce the size of their herds. Some ranchers have had to resort to a complete liquidation. Ranchers have relocated cattle as far away as Wyoming!
• Only 8 percent of the corn crop is in good condition. 
• Most of the cotton planted in the state has been abandoned. The total losses of the cotton crop are estimated to be $2 billion.
• Statewide agricultural losses in 2011 could be double the record of $4.1 billion in 2006.
  
  
  • Aquifers provide approximately 60 percent of the water supply for Texas. These are replenished by rainwater slowly seeping through the soil. Water supplies in the aquifers have been falling rapidly during the drought. 
  • Parts of the Trinity Aquifer, located west of Ft. Worth, have fallen as much as 80 feet! This is the greatest loss since records were first kept in the 1950s drought. 
  • According to the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Lake Travis, located west of Austin, is just over 29 feet below its average August level! 
  • Much of the state is experiencing different levels of mandatory and voluntary water restrictions. 
    
    
    So...still praying for rain in Texas.