![Sergio Palacios, 35, carries a case of water to his morning soccer game in Austin. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning on July 24 for areas of South Texas, including Austin, where the temperature reached 101 degrees.](https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20220720mebTXOBSheat-60-scaled.jpg)
Texas’ Summer from Hell
Amid record temperatures, state residents struggle to keep cool.
Since 1954
Amid record temperatures, state residents struggle to keep cool.
If the Mandaean religion survives, it will be partly because of the refuge it found in Central Texas.