Drought, population growth spur Dust Bowl fears

Norman Mayor Larry Heikkila has joined a chorus of experts who are sounding alarms against complacency because another devastating drought could be on the horizon and fast-growing communities in central Oklahoma and to the west could be caught flat-footed. Heikkila says a threeyear drought in Oklahoma may already be underway, and this is the time for cities to take inventory to ensure they will...

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