Thankfully, It's Coming to an End

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A Dry Lake Travis

~from late last winter

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Deer Have a Post-Rain Party

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A little background first: Because the drought in Texas lasted several months, several of these deer have probably never seen rain before, let alone enjoyed a huge water puddle such as this.

Click the image above to go see the cute video..

A Monday Link Dump

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• The Richest People in America - (via The Daily What)

• How to Make American Cheese - (via The Presurfer)

• Ground Zero Sept.11, 2001 - Sept.11, 2011 in Pictures - (The Big Picture)

• The National Bed Bug Registry -and- How To Choose a Pest Control Company

• The Worst Stadium Seats Around the World - (via Peter From Texas)

• The Texas Drought & Wildfires in Pictures - (The Big Picture)

• Charlie Sheen Awarded Huge Settlement with Warner Bros. - (Yahoo! TV News)

• The Top-51 Degrees for Getting a Job and Making Money - (The Best Degrees)

Texas Drought Slideshow

Click the image above to go see the slideshow.

Labor Day 2011 Will Be Remembered For Fires All Over Texas

Click the image to go to the site.. (Thanks Marsha!)

This one was in North San Antonio:
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This one in Bastrop was absolutely HUGE. From what I've been reading, I think they are searching for more firefighters to go help with this one:
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Here is a slideshow of viewer photos of the Bastrop fire..

The link at the top of the post doesn't show the one in North San Antonio, and now I'm hearing one has just sparked in the Schertz area not too far from Retama park. Yikes!

UPDATE: Here's another slideshow added to an area news site with over 200 more images..

Hot Enough For Ya'??

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U.S. Drought Monitor: May to August

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Thank You, Don!

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Keep on comin'!

C'mon Mother Nature

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We need rain so-o-o-o-o badly. It's starting to get to the point where "this isn't funny anymore!" C'mon mother nature, why you doin' us like this?

Record Texas Heat: Are We Done Yet?

Well, it looks like this summer's record heat wave here in the San Antonio area (as well as most of the state, too) might be over. Yesterday during a bike ride, I realized that 90 actually felt pretty good. Most nights during the last 2 ½ months have barely dipped into the 70s, but lately we've actually enjoyed a few nights in the low 70s. The picture above was taken in the car in late July.. at 8:31pm!

To make matters worse, we've also only gotten a couple inches of rain the last few months. Yards are burnt brown, creeks & river levels are way down, and most of San Antonio has already been into stage-2 watering restrictions for most of the month. Needless to say, we're all looking forward to autumn.

Here is the official National Weather Service report showing all of these incredible statistics. Note the number of consecutive 100° days about half-way down (72 in New Braunfels). I don't remember the actual number, but the previous record, set a LONG time ago was in the high thirties! By far this has been the hottest year on record.