drought

We do things bigger in Texas. Unfortunately this applies to droughts too.  The drought that plagued us last summer is being blamed for the death of up to half a billion trees.

July 2011 was recorded as one of the hottest months on record for certain parts of the United States and areas of the South are plagued by some of the worst drought conditions in decades. The National Drought Mitigation Center recently reported that over a dozen states are currently experiencing abnormal dryness and drought like conditions...

Mayor Paul Harpole has given Amarillo residents a basic ultimatum, either conserve water voluntarily or it will be mandated. The mayor has said we have two weeks to come in under 74 million gallons of water used.

Due to the extreme drought conditions and blistering heat, the City Of Amarillo is pushing a water conservation marketing campaign directed at getting residents to use less water.

Many schools across the area have their sprinklers set to run twice a day, seven days a week. They are watering athletic fields to this extent in the middle of one of the worst droughts in the Nations history. Citizens have been asked (and told that they might be required) to ration their water usage at their homes and only water two days a week, for 20 minutes a day...

Even though we got a touch of rain the other evening it's still pretty dry.  It almost seems like repeating yourself every time you say it.  And the USDA agrees.

There has been much discussion in the Amarillo Area on whether or not we should mandate water consumption due to the extreme heat and drought. "The same people that haven't heard the message yet aren't going to get the message this way either," Lilia Escajeda said. "I do think that the only way to get people to pay attention is to hit people over the head with a two-by-four." R

It was a great night for the Amarillo area. We received about .49 inches of rain. That seems like nothing, but for an area like Amarillo, we will take what we can get. This year has been devastated by a terrible drought and we are still 8...

With temperatures easily topping over 102 degrees on a regular basis in Amarillo, Excel Energy is reporting that energy usage has spiked even higher than the highest point last year. When temperatures reach triple digits, people crank up the air conditioners.

As the drought continues to devastate the Amarillo and surrounding areas, some communities have started considering implementing water conservation restrictions. If you have been to any of our area lakes in the last year or so, you know that they are terribly low and some in real danger of completely drying up...