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Texas wildfires destroys more that 3 dozen homes by Associated Press writers Jamie Stengle and Schuyler Dixon in Dallas, and Sean Murphy and Ken Miller in Oklahoma City contributed to this report.
This article talks about how in the south they are having one of the worst droughts since the 1950's.The wildfire started on Tuesday in one of the areas most affected by the drought.Texas is having one of the worst years. where this should be the time where the temperature should cool down and be more humid the temp has not dropped and the rain has not come.The fires in Texas have destroyed 5,470 square miles since November.
I can slightly relate to the feeling of losing your home when was younger my home was completely destroyed by straight lone winds and I had to move into an apartment for a while until they rebuilt my home.I lost almost every thing I owned every thing was in my neighbors yard in pieces.but i cant imagine watching my house going up in flames.the lady they interviewed had a positive outlook saying "I have my moments and then I move forward, but I just can’t dwell on it yet." I think that wonderful that they can move on so quickly after that happens to their home.
I recently read about the droughts in Texas as well. There are two specific reasons why this environmental dilemma worries me. One being that Texas leads in the national production of watermelons, cabbages, and grain sorghum; the second is that people will probably be migrating to cooler areas, which will increase the population in certain areas of the U.S. If this drought does not end soon, then we should be expecting to see crops die. The demand for these certain crops will increase. Thus, consumers will be paying more for these crops in grocery stores. It is hard enough dealing with our current population issue, so we do not need blazing Texans moving to over-populated U.S. cities. I hope this drought will come to end and we will start to see an atmospheric balance in Texas again.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about your past loss. The drought is a fear for many down south. I was in New Orleans last summer doing Hurricane Katrina relief and they were experiecing minor drought and were worried about their crops. A drought affects everyone, like Tony said. It raises prices and causes displacement of people out of their homes. It effects us all in the US and it's important that we are aware of the drought. It will indefinitely effect us all and I believe it's important that we all know what's going on in our own country.
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