For those of yall that aren't from around here (Texas), let me fill you in on a little problem we are having down here. And by little, I mean HUGE.
For at least the past 3 years, Texas has been in a wicked, wicked drought. It is worse than anything I have experienced in my lifetime. Wells are going dry. Crops are dying. Everything is brown. Everyone is on extreme water rations. Summers are unbearable. Triple digit heat used to be only in August. Now it goes from May to September. Morale is pretty low as it is affecting everyone.
It is crazy to me that my little girl has never experienced a full blown Texas-style thunderstorm in her life... and she will be 2 in September. And let me tell you, there are very few things to do comfortably with a toddler when it gets this hot. We are all experiencing some severe cabin fever.
In Austin, all of the lake boat ramps, except one, are closed due to lack of water. And this is a city that loves its lakes.
The weatherman likes to joke that it would take 3-4 hurricanes sitting directly on top of Texas and camping out for a week to bring us back up to normal water levels.
And now as an answer to many collective prayers, we may just get our wish in the form of Tropical Storm Don. We are hoping that Don likes Texas so much that he will tell all of his friends and they will want to come for a visit too. Here's hoping!
So in an effort to lure Don to Texas, everyone make a lot of outdoor plans this weekend. Isn't that how this stuff usually works anyways? Weather always comes when you don't want it to. And if anyone knows about good rain dances, let's do some of those too just for good measure.
I promise you that if rain starts falling from the sky, there will be a lot of deliriously happy people outside dancing in it... and I will for sure be one of them.
So everyone... repeat after me, "HIT ME WITH A HURRICANE!"
For at least the past 3 years, Texas has been in a wicked, wicked drought. It is worse than anything I have experienced in my lifetime. Wells are going dry. Crops are dying. Everything is brown. Everyone is on extreme water rations. Summers are unbearable. Triple digit heat used to be only in August. Now it goes from May to September. Morale is pretty low as it is affecting everyone.
It is crazy to me that my little girl has never experienced a full blown Texas-style thunderstorm in her life... and she will be 2 in September. And let me tell you, there are very few things to do comfortably with a toddler when it gets this hot. We are all experiencing some severe cabin fever.
In Austin, all of the lake boat ramps, except one, are closed due to lack of water. And this is a city that loves its lakes.
The weatherman likes to joke that it would take 3-4 hurricanes sitting directly on top of Texas and camping out for a week to bring us back up to normal water levels.
And now as an answer to many collective prayers, we may just get our wish in the form of Tropical Storm Don. We are hoping that Don likes Texas so much that he will tell all of his friends and they will want to come for a visit too. Here's hoping!
So in an effort to lure Don to Texas, everyone make a lot of outdoor plans this weekend. Isn't that how this stuff usually works anyways? Weather always comes when you don't want it to. And if anyone knows about good rain dances, let's do some of those too just for good measure.
I promise you that if rain starts falling from the sky, there will be a lot of deliriously happy people outside dancing in it... and I will for sure be one of them.
So everyone... repeat after me, "HIT ME WITH A HURRICANE!"
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