The Hays County Commissioners Court lifted the burn ban last week with the hope that the weatherman would be right, as heavy showers were predicted across the area.
“Hays County has since experienced some rainfall; and the current weather forecast shows a more favorable condition with chances of additional moisture and higher (humidities),” the county’s order lifting the ban on Nov. 4 said. For some parts of the county, the plan worked like a charm. In Wimberley, well, the rain did what rain does.
“They said we were supposed to get a bunch of rain, but we didn’t get a lot of the rain we were supposed to get,” Wimberley Fire Chief Carroll Czichos said. “In Wimberley that happens a lot. It went around us. In San Marcos, they got around two inches on Friday. It missed us completely and went up the Balcones Fault straight up (Interstate 35).”
