HEALTH MANAGEMENT. Deer capital of Texas struggles with drought

Melissa block talks to Llano, Texas, Mayor Mike Reagor of the drought in his town. The River through the town is very low. Llano has described the "deer capital of Texas" was - and Reagor says Hirsch, with little to drink, are in the heat of ruin. Reagor is also a rancher, and he says that he sold cattle because of the drought.
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MELISSA BLOCK, host: consider themselves show drought, of Texas and you see a shade over the entire State, only the exceptional drought conditions dark brown,. This is the highest level, worse than extreme level.
Mike Reagor is the Mayor of Llano, Texas. About 3,200 people live there. It is in the Highlands, North and West of Austin.
Mayor Reagor it sees what how? If you take up in the Highlands to Llano, do you see?
Mayor MIKE REAGOR: Brown grass and in search of dead trees.
BLOCK: Everywhere you go.
REAGOR: Go just anywhere.
BLOCK: And what is the Llano River with the River,?
REAGOR: The Llano River is a very remarkable. It fed - their spring fed. And, remarkably, the river flows in the summer.
BLOCK: Flows but even it way down?
REAGOR: Oh, Yes. The average flow rate of the Llano River is more than 100 cubic feet per second. And we are after about two cubic feet per second.
BLOCK: No joke. I have read, that in the 1950s, Llano actually dry - back went river dry was only about three months.
REAGOR: It dry, well is gone, it went dry 66 consecutive days. And that was very hard to take for the city. Actually, we had water in for our water supply to drag.
BLOCK: Say you me, Mr as set are water restrictions in place. Why not people?
REAGOR: Well, we at hand one day a week, usually - can water in Llano, depending on what is your address, Saturday or Sunday. That should more or less to try to keep our trees alive. Other irrigation is not allowed. The most yards in the city are completely dead.
Some people have drilled their own well. Some people have drawn in water from the country and kept some of their grass alive. But more or less, the whole city is brown.
BLOCK: What is with people people's livelihoods by drought, farmers or people in agriculture affected are like that?
REAGOR: Well, it is more difficult. You know, always for drought ranchers have planned. But we are also very optimistic. We may think it comes to an end. But this caused many people to think completely from the industry and his departure from the livestock for a while.
BLOCK: I collect, Mayor Reagor, have some cattle themselves.
REAGOR: Yes, Ma'am. Perhaps I have a few less here in the next few days.
BLOCK: Think about the sale?
REAGOR: I am selling. I will sell some. Try to go flock to my base, and so I can kind of recover without all re-buy.
BLOCK: me I question if it is difficult if the drought is gone, as long as it has, and it was as hot as it has for so long, it is difficult to think things better, think you at an end?
REAGOR: there is a psychological page this drought and hot weather here. I have not seen people, the only kind of depressed about things as I've seen recently here. But it's so hot, I think that the heat has influenced as much as anything. It was unusually hot. I mean, 108, 110 degree days. People not simply out and things as before.
BLOCK: Can you remember the last time, that it was raining in Llano?
REAGOR: Oh, we had a whole 0.05 sometime in July.
(SOUNDBITE LAUGHTER)
REAGOR: This was our only measurable rainfall, we have had this summer. It is also in this drought in 1956, I saw, it rained three inches in May. And would I have loved, this last may have the three inch rain.
(SOUNDBITE LAUGHTER)
REAGOR: But we have it.
BLOCK: You know, I have to say, if we all had, the rain with the tropical storms back, you really just wanted a while in a large pipeline and send you your way.
REAGOR: We needed it. We were really, really hope and pray that somehow it would in the West and directly Texas Hill country and stay a few days here. But it did not come.
BLOCK: Well, we want Mayor Reagor, everything good. Thank you for the conversation.
REAGOR: Oh, thank you.
BLOCK: This is Mike Reagor. He is the Mayor of Llano, Texas.
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