Natural Disasters

Gosh, we had all that rain last night. The storms last week. So we should be doing a lot better with the wet stuff, right? Not so fast. The Texas Water Development Board releases a drought report every week. The new one is just out. It says:

For the first time since late 2010, less than half the state is under drought conditions. We saw improvements in south Texas and the southern High Plains over the past week, but drought worsened in North Texas. One patch of exceptional drought includes Dallas, Fort Worth, Weatherford, and Mineral Wells, and another patch includes the Wichita Falls area.

So let's continue to conserve, people. Which is totally different than if I'd written "let's continue to conserve people," which is what I almost did. The comma makes a big difference. Because if we wasted some people, we'd actually do better with conserving water. Anyway, I got distracted a bit there. So: water. Let's watch it.

Now he's got to write the thing.

Since money seemingly isn't an issue—few of these acts would ever be considered "cheap"—here's a more representative list of acts, that would actually reflect the games this festival is supporting.