Only YOU can prevent Drought!

It doesn't take a genius to see the constant drought seasons we have in Texas. With that being said, could relying on more rain be our solution to preventing drought in Texas? In an article posted by a fellow colleague titled water drought issue will not end by Ayan Ali goes on to discuss the significance of rain and the chain of events drought causes. Such as, wildlife dying of thirst, animals dying, ranchers going out of business due to no animals to cattle, and how food prices go up, etc.

Although by the end of the article I could understand the purpose, there were many things that prevented the reader/I from distinguishing that purpose. She starts by saying how we've been getting rain in Texas for the past few weeks, which is good for our drought, but quickly goes on to discuss the negative consequences. For example, she talks about how the drought is killing animals and then goes on to give a link to how it's affecting the bay and the animals living in it. I was confused as to where she was trying to go with her article, but near the end she gives a few clear examples as to how we can all help with our drought condition. The examples she provided lead me to see the purpose of the article which is to discuss the drought and the consequences that come with it.

I feel like Ali wasn't sure where to start her article and it showed. Ali could have started her article by discussing how the citizens of Texas could help the drought and provided examples of the effects that happen when we do not help our drought condition.( Such as the chain of events she discussed earlier) By doing that, she could have helped the reader see what the point of her article was and it could have been convincing. Another factor that threw me off was the grammatical errors in her article. If she would have proofread her article before publishing it, she could have sounded persuasive and been taken seriously.

Another thing that could have helped her article would be if she didn't rely so much on rain as our solution to the drought. Rain helps our drought, but relying on rain solely cannot be our only solution! She addresses that we could all use water less when showering, watering our garden, and etc. She could have then used that opportunity to discuss how Texas isn't so fond of allowing reservoirs to be built, but perhaps if we started approving of them more, then we could help our drought significantly. Additionally, she could have tossed in data to give her credibility instead of personal opinion. If Ali wouldn't have ranted about animals being effected, then perhaps she could have had a persuasive article worth reading.