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We're soaked around here, but is drought really over?
I’m going to have to do the virtually unheard of thing later today: At not quite the halfway point in August, I’m going to empty our rain gauge, which is full of water.
We’ve gotten slightly more than 5 inches of rain at our humble abode in southwest Amarillo so far this month. My wife and I empty it at the end of each month before waiting for more rainfall. This month has been a soaker, man!
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Pumping water saves water? Sure it does
Allow me this admission.
Sometimes — maybe more often than I care to admit — I’m a bit slow on the uptake when it involves certain elements of science.
I’m not a scientist. Or a mathematician. Or an accountant. Numbers and scientific theories boggle me.
So it is with that caveat that I suggest that I am beginning to accept the notion that pumping water out of Lake Meredith to 11 cities throughout…
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Might it be time to examine flood control?
Is it just me, or are others out there wondering about the quality of our storm-drain system in Amarillo?
My wife and I have lived here now for slightly more than 20 years. My memory at times is a bit foggy, but I’m pretty sure this is the worst rain event we’ve seen since we moved here from the Gulf Coast — where we used to get a lot of rain in a very short period of time.
The city has its…
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