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Sun, 2013-04-28 14:30 — mdmcdonald
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Texas Climate Divisions

Mon, 2013-04-29 00:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Map - http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Texas/Charts_&_Maps/cwmap.htm

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Texas Climate Divisions

Summary:  Texas is divided into 10 climate divisions by the National Weather Service.  These divisions are geographically referred to as the High Plains, Trans-Pecos, Low Rolling Plains, Edwards Plateau, North Central Texas, South Central Texas, South Texas, East Texas, Upper Coast, and the Lower Valley.

Getting Serious About a Texas-Size Drought

Sun, 2013-04-28 21:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

nytimes.com - by Kate Galbraith - April 6, 2013

 . . . “Texas does not and will not have enough water” in a bad drought, the state’s water plan warned last year. More than two dozen communities could run out of water in 180 days, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Looking ahead, the already-dry western half of the state is expected to be hit particularly hard by climate change. . .

. . . Wes Perry, an oilman who doubles as Midland’s mayor, put it this way recently: as valuable as oil and gas are, he said, “we are worthless without water.”

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