Over the last few years drought has plagued much of Texas. All Texas lakes have suffered, their levels decreasing annually…all that is except Lake Livingston, our home lake. Lake Livingston is a man-made lake that is part of the Trinity River watershed. Fortunately rains to the north have kept our lake at or near it defined level of 131 feet…until now. As the large high pressure system settled over Texas and blocked the moisture laden Gulf of Mexico air from providing our summer thunderstorms.
The rains have stopped, the temperatures have soared into the 100’s and the water use and evaporation have sapped the lakes…even our Lake Livingston. Slowly at first then at an ever increasing rate the water along our bulkhead began to recede…now we even have a small (but growing) beach.
The 100 degree day continue, the rains are but a distant memory and the forecast is grim…no change for the foreseeable future…maybe until November!
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