Drought and heat make Northeast Texas a tinderbox

With the extended period of no rain and the subsequent equal time with temperatures in the triple digits, it is impossible to avoid the fact that Northeast Texas, like most of the rest of the state, is suffering from drought conditions. The result is long lines at cattle sale barns as ranchers are forced to take their cattle to the sale barn because of a severe shortage of hay. The other highes...

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