Chalk up another casualty of the Texas drought: Texas A&M University鈥檚 annual student bonfire was called off because of a burn ban in Robertson County. It鈥檚 the in a row that Aggie students havehad to cancel the towering 45 foot inferno.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been under severe drought conditions now for a year,鈥� Michelle Haver, a court coordinator for the Robertson county judge, told a joint reporting project of KUT and NPR.
As the bonfire鈥檚 website explains, the will be open to visitors, but 鈥渦nder no circumstances鈥� will they start a fire.
A collapse of the bonfire , and a memorial was
Across the state, the says about 170 of the state鈥檚 254 counties have burn bans in effect. You can see them all on .
Central Texas counties with burn bans include Bastrop, Williamson and Caldwell. Hays, Burnet and Guadalupe Counties do not have burn bans in effect.
The U.S. Drought Monitor鈥檚 signals a slight reduction in the drought鈥檚 footprint on Texas, but 89 percent of the state is still very dry. Sixty-five percent of the state is experiencing the most intense drought category: D4 drought or exceptional drought.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Longhorns last night tried to hex the A&M football team ahead of their Thanksgiving Day game. It鈥檚 an annual tradition dating back 60 years, but it may come to an end next year when A&M .
鈥淚t will be the last rally for A&M that we know,鈥� Texas Exes student relations coordinator Taylor Nyberg
