The Summer of 2016 is playing out much like the Summer of 2015. After a very wet Spring, only a few days of widely scattered showers have fallen across Deep East Texas.
The Texas Forest Service and local fire departments say despite the cooler weather, and a little rain here and there, the state's high fire danger hasn't gone away.
Here in east Texas, conditions are dry as they've ever been, and the bans on outdoor burning are still in effect.