[Windflier]

"If urban gardeners have a complaint, it's about the paucity of rain that has left us six inches below normal and flirting with drought."

It's been very dry here in North Texas, too. I've never seen our local lakes so low.

It's making things tough as hell on my rain gutter business, as well. The phone is quieter than I've seen it in ages, and we're now scraping to get by.

[hinckley buzzard]

It's making things tough as hell on my rain gutter business, as well.

Time to diversify, champ! "Solar panels for your home! E-Z financing! Tax credits from Uncle Sam!"

[Jedidah]

Windflier, if you have never seen local lakes lower, you haven’t lived here long.

Have you forgotten the summer of 2006? Drier than dirt for three years, wildfires everywhere, stock tanks not just low but bone dry. More cow patties than grass in the middle of summer. Lake Lavon 16 feet down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT2cIzHnX5s

North Texas is in better shape right now than much of the rest of the state, but we do need rain.