By DAVID HARPER Dust Bowl was followed by many projects Oklahomans are used to going to lakes for outdoor fun. There was a time, though, when the state had a lot fewer lakes and paid for it with crippling floods and droughts -- most notably during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

By Bill Miller and Andrew Chavez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Jul. 8--Some people expected water to be rushing over the Lake Texoma spillway by Monday, but now it looks as if they'll see just a trickle. The lake was 0.05 inch above the spillway at 11 p.m. Saturday.

By Derek Kravitz, The Dallas Morning News Jul. 7--POTTSBORO, Texas -- As the water at Lake Texoma rose this week, Rick Park went out and bought $5,000 worth of Styrofoam and fastened it to the undercarriage of his mobile home, which sits just a few feet from the lake.

By Chad Previch, The Daily Oklahoman Jul. 7--DENISON DAM -- The Denison Dam on the Oklahoma/Texas line continued to tease thousands of spectators who drove to see water flow over the Lake Texoma spillway. Water was expected to rush over the spillway about 2 a.m.

By Chad Previch, The Daily Oklahoman Jul. 7--DENISON DAM -- The water did not roar. Neither did the spectators. But Lake Texoma early Saturday crept over its spillway for the third time in history. Finally. About 8:20 a.m.