Droughts

A drought is a period of abnormally dry weather that persists long enough to produce a serious hydrologic imbalance. Droughts have wide-ranging adverse economic, environmental, and social impacts as rivers, reservoirs, groundwater levels, and soil moisture all drop.

1. Managing for Drought on Texas Rangelands
   http://rangeweb.tamu.edu/droughtmgmt/index.htm
2. Drought
   Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages
   http://www.redcross.org/images/pdfs/code/Drought.pdf
3. Drought Information
   National Drought Mitigation Center
   http://www.drought.unl.edu/index.htm
   
4. Drought Information from Aggie Horticulture
   http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/drought/table.html
5. Texas Drought Management Strategies
   Texas AgriLife Extension Service
   http://agnewsarchive.tamu.edu/drought/drghtpak98/
6. Texas Forest Service Fire and Drought Advisories
   http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/main/popup.aspx?id=1991
7. UKAWC National Climate Map Carousel
   (place your mouse over map to stop rotation)
   http://wwwagwx.ca.uky.edu/nat_climate_carousel.shtml
8. Variety Testing Information: Dealing with Drought
   Texas A&M University
   http://varietytesting.tamu.edu/criticalinformation/drought.htm
9. What is a Drought?
   National Weather Service
   http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/drought.php?wfo=fgz