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As do I. Droughts are still going to be a problem in the future if nothing changes and the next time one hits it might be much worse. Having good rainfall for a year or two unfortunately just lets people brush off the problems we may face.


People think that one year with twice as much rain somehow undoes years and years of virtually no rainfall. It's frustrating.


Well, most reservoirs have gone from almost empty to near capacity[1] in just this year and the snow pack is well above average. It would be great to recharge some of the ground water used during the drought, but by any reasonable measure the drought is over.

[1] http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.act...




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