Memories of this past summer, should have been of swimming pools and ice cream cones, but it wasn't. Everyone talked about the same thing, and it wasn't of their child's soccer game, it was, "So, what about this drought??"
According to meteorologists and and other weather fearing professionals, this upcoming summer is going to be the worst of Texas history thus far. "I've started telling anyone who's interested that it's likely much of Texas will still be in severe drought this time next summer, with water supply implications even worse than those we are now experiencing," said John Nielsen-Gammon, the state climatologist and a Texas A&M University professor. And the reason for all of this? La Nina. La Nina usually implicates a warm, dry winter, which though sound nice, can mean big problems for Texans. If the drought persists into next year, the state of Texas won't have the buffer of nearly full water reserves. This is very scary. Instead of daydreaming of summertime water sports, we need to be worrying about drinking water instead. Kind of makes "alternate lawn watering" days seem pretty insignificant.http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/This-summer-s-drought-may-worsen-next-year-2136436.php
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