Drought

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    White Rock Lake totally dried up in 1955 when Dallas underwent a horrible drought. Did you ever wonder why DFW has so many large reservoirs compared to every other big city in the US? This drought coupled with easy eminent domain laws.

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    1. no.failsafe 24 months ago | reply

      I call the boat.

    2. thewritingreader 21 months ago | reply

      Lovely shot. Thank you for sharing it via Creative Commons. I used it on my blog here www.thewritingreader.com/blog/2011/09/16/prompt-96-word-o... and included links back to the picture and your Flickr profile page.

    3. shannonm75 13 months ago | reply

      Cannot believe it. I dont even know if my dad told me. He spent plenty of time at the lake growing up.

    4. gailzee2012 3 months ago | reply

      A good reminder of how shallow WRL really is.

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