This video shows the release from Lake Whitney of many months of rains in the North Texas area, where lakes have gone from drought conditions to flood stage in only 6 months.
Forest Oil is beginning to make it's mark in the Barnett Shale of Hill County, TX. This is a video of a gas pad construction in the southern part of that county
Dry conditions make for numerous fast burning grass fires in many parts of North TX. This is by no means a California type wildfire, but it's location near completed gas wells could have easily developed into a much greater concern.