‘Just add water’ and see what happens in Texas

This photo shows Central Texas’ Lake Travis during the current drought. At full pool, that scene is under deep water all the way across from the image foreground to the tree line on the far shore. The full pool is 681 feet, mean sea level. The level when photographed was 660 feet. As this column went to press, the level had dropped to 639.02 feet (44.9% full). And the summer heat is now upon us. T...