The shaded blue is the historical average. The red line is the drought of 76-77. In my community that drought impacted our area by a drop of 40% in our local economy.
The solid blue is current levels. Lower than even the drought of 76-77.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Thankful for rain... but still in a severe drought
We are so very thankful for the rain we got over the last week or so. But, by no means is this drought over. Here is a quick visual from the Department of Water Resources.
The shaded blue is the historical average. The red line is the drought of 76-77. In my community that drought impacted our area by a drop of 40% in our local economy.
The solid blue is current levels. Lower than even the drought of 76-77.
Bottom line, we are thankful for this rain but need to keep hoping and praying for more of it.
The shaded blue is the historical average. The red line is the drought of 76-77. In my community that drought impacted our area by a drop of 40% in our local economy.
The solid blue is current levels. Lower than even the drought of 76-77.
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