Barry Keim Quotations

It shouldn't be too severe yet. If we see these dry levels this summer, it could be disastrous.

We are in a weak El Nio that started a few months back and is gradually building. Typically what ends up happening is we get more 'cyclogenesis' --the formation of storms -- taking place in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico off of the Texas coast. Once these things form they tend to track towards the Northwest. It puts (Lufkin) in proximity for some rainfall.

Before the storm, nobody really believed this would happen, ... Now everybody knows that this can happen, so I think it'll change.

(El Nio) can be very persistent on occasion, and it does seem like we are in a mode where we are seeing them more frequently.