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posted by martyb on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the for-how-long? dept.

California was declared totally drought free for the first time in more than seven years on Thursday, following unusually abundant winter rains and snowfall statewide, according to the government’s weekly report on U.S. drought conditions.

The U.S. Drought Monitor’s latest survey reflected an astonishing turnaround - at least for now - from a severe, prolonged dry spell that reduced irrigation supplies to farmers, forced strict household conservation measures and stoked a spate of deadly, devastating wildfires.

A relatively small swath of California’s southern-most region, including most of San Diego County, remains labeled “abnormally dry” on the drought map index, as does a tiny patch at the state’s extreme northern end along the Oregon border.

But this week marks the first time since mid-December of 2011 that 100 percent of the state has been classified as being free of drought, defined as a moisture deficit severe enough to cause social, environmental or economic ills. Conditions were classified as normal across 93 percent of the state.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-drought-idUSKCN1QW09A


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:47AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:47AM (#815264)

    Don't know if it's related, but a hummingbird built a nest on my lemon tree for the first time.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by krishnoid on Saturday March 16 2019, @04:45AM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Saturday March 16 2019, @04:45AM (#815294)

    The sign! Cthulhu is nigh!

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 16 2019, @01:55PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 16 2019, @01:55PM (#815444) Journal

    Most likely means the lemon tree is blooming. Amirite?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:42PM (#815486)

      No bloom. Just one of those things not related, I guess.

  • (Score: 2) by The Shire on Saturday March 16 2019, @05:21PM

    by The Shire (5824) on Saturday March 16 2019, @05:21PM (#815508)

    Their eggs are delicious but not very filling.