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Curled Dirt and Hydrant
You can tell by looking at the cracked and curled dirt in the gutter that it’s been a while since any significant rain has fallen on O’Donnell. And apparently that hydrant doesn’t even care.
(Also, it was a toasty 112° that day. And windy. So it was rather like being inside a convection oven.)
O’Donnell, Texas
photographed 7.13.2020
It would be a challenging launch
When a lake’s only at 18% of capacity, the boat ramps and docks sometimes end up in a precarious position. In this case, the end of the ramp isn’t even near the water, making putting a boat in quite a challenge.
White River Lake, Texas
photographed 6.10.2020
Recreations and Marinas
In the winter, the marina doesn’t have a single thing going on.
The summer may not be that different, actually, because this lake is currently at only 20% capacity. (But that’s almost double the level of its neighbor Lake Mackenzie.)
Greenbelt Reservoir, Texas
photographed 12.27.2019
at 38.6% capacity
If there’s no rain, there’s no lake to speak of. This lake is currently at only 38.6% capacity. However, there’s a lake only 50 miles away from this one that’s at 12% capacity, so that makes this one practically at flood stage.
Droughts are awful.
Lake Colorado City State Park
near Colorado City, Texas
photographed 3.16.2018
The effects of the drought were severe
It doesn’t take a hydrologist to see that a dock without a drop of water anywhere nearby isn’t a good sign.
Lake Buchanan is part of the watershed managed by the Lower Colorado River Authority. According to their website, lakes Buchanan and Travis – which provide municipal water supplies for several cities – are currently at 34% capacity. If (or, probably, when) that number drops below 30%, the LCRA will issue a declaration called the “Drought Worse Than the Drought of Record.”* Issuance of this declaration will put into place a series of water restrictions on all customers. The LCRA says there is a “small chance” this could occur as soon as February 2015.
(what’s left of) Lake Buchanan, Texas
photographed 11.28.2014
*It’s sort of an interesting series of words, isn’t it?
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