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Foundation Repair
More Than Half the Lower 48 Is in Drought Right Now, and the Clay Under Your Slab Is Shrinking
As of the August 18, 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor, 52.70% of the Lower 48 is in drought and 93.1 million people are affected. Broad degradation hit the South and the West, with pocket degradations in North Dakota, the Upper Midwest, and northern New England. If your house sits on expansive clay, that map is also a map of where foundations start moving. Here is what to photograph this month, what insurance actually covers, and what repairs really cost.
Aug 26, 2026
Foundation Repair
Drought-Cracked Foundations Are the Quiet Disaster of Summer 2026: Why Texas and Oklahoma Homeowners Are Getting $8,000 to $35,000 Pier Quotes
After the warmest February on record in Oklahoma and second-warmest in Texas, expansive clay soils across the Southern Plains are shrinking fast and pulling away from slabs. Here is what the cracks mean, what fair 2026 pier pricing looks like, and how to avoid the high-pressure scams that always show up in a drought year.
Jun 4, 2026