Last week Tropical Storm Bill formed in the Gulf of Mexico and slowly made its way through our state. The center of the storm went east of Austin, so we were grateful to be spared the worst of the wind and rain. Since our ground was still soaked from last month’s Memorial Day flood, some low-lying areas experienced flooding again. Local lake levels rose significantly, and our landscape became a healthy green again.

TS Bill is gone now, but the current El Niño weather pattern continues to push moisture northward to our area. We’ve had rain almost every day for the last two weeks, as well as some very dramatic cloud formations…

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