Texas: State of Disaster

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/07/17/0717drought.html

Drought aid tough to come by

Perry declares 167 Texas counties to be in a state of disaster.

By Juana Summers (((the improbably aptly-named)))

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Friday, July 17, 2009

In letters to Gov. Rick Perry in February asking him to declare a state of emergency, officials in Bastrop and Caldwell counties said the areas were "facing significant threats to life, health and property" because of the persist