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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 08:19 AM Original message |
Are any Texans here being affected by the drought? |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Houston area here. Yesterday was dark, lightening, rain at work but not at my house |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. No idea |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. yes, cattlemen are selling their cattle because they can not |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. I was talking to a local farmer here in NH... |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I was reading about how donkeys are being abandoned |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. I live in Houston and don't know any farmers. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Correction: 252 counties |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Thanks for the correction. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. My family lives in the northern Dallas suburbs |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. hay is in very short supply all over the country, due to freaky weather |
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Philippine expat (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. A better question would be are there any Texans NOT |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Foundations cracking?????????????? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yup. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Many people have basements there?? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Not many basements. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Normally, you can't have basements here, |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The shrinking of the soil makes the concrete slab unstable and crack. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Happened to me @20 years ago. |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. in North Texas |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. this is becoming a horrible problem with our house last month, couple weeks. |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. we went into water restrictions a couple of weeks ago but not because of drought |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Are there any Texans here |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. South, South Texas |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Yeah, Don was a major letdown. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I find that very strange. |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. The whole state is suffering |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. everyone is being affected |
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