Not good, says Lower Colorado River Authority meteorologist Bob Rose, and not likely to get better soon:
"Year to date rainfall at Austin-Camp Mabry through Tuesday total[ed] only 15.61 inches, over 15 inches below normal. As of today, 2008 is the 4th driest year on record, dating back to 1856 and is the driest year since 1956! This is a very intense drought, rivaling some of the terrible drought years of the 1950s. And long-range forecasts are not very encouraging for rain going into early 2009."
It is worth pointing out, for Global Warmists and other hysterics, that 1856, when reliable weather records began being kept in the central city, was only one hundred fifty-two years ago. A lot of droughts certainly occurred before then, and some of them undoubtedly were worse than this one.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 