Austin prevails

*We've got a messed-up climate, and we're beset with peevish idiots who can't believe their own eyes about it, and will likely die in denial. But: we're not done yet. The rains still come.

*The tribes of SXSW are gathering, the clouds are lifting and it looks gorgeous out there.

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/big-swing-in-lake-levels-333105.html

"Late last summer, Central Texas faced a near emergency. Wracked by unrelenting heat and deprived of regular rainfall for two years, the...