I think this a great time for Texas to secede. They have their own natural resources, their own ports, their own electric grid, their own international border (which they could defend better than Washington apparently can). They also have a budget surplus. As for water, it seems a desalinization plant could be built somewhere around Freeport or Corpus to produce fresh water from the Gulf that could replenish drought-stricken areas. A free, independent Texas would be a bastion of capitalism as more and more of Washington heads for socialism. We'll attract the best doctors, the best investors, the best entreprenuers because they'll be able to make profits unlike they will be able to in the new socialist America. I'd like to see some polling done to gauge how difficult it would be to win a statewide vote to secede.
IIRC, the DMN ran a poll last month and support for secession is at 42% with about 25% “undecided.”