The winter rains have come and aren’t done. The snow has fallen and is still falling. But California’s drought is still here at least for now.
You’ve heard the reports this morning about the Sierra Nevada snowpack measurements. The headlines today tell it all; “far above average,” a “ten year high.”
Even the drought forecasters are saying “cautiously optimistic,” about the chances of drought conditions coming to an end soon.
With the whole month of January to go yet, when we usually get a lot of the rain and snow we do get in California, the drought may be gone in the not-too-distant future.
We’re getting more rain this week and again next week and the rainy season totals at San Diego International Airport where our official rainfall totals are taken, we’re already nearly one inch above average.
And the National Weather Service says the jet stream is se up to guide storms to all of California like a conveyer belt as one of their meteorologists put it to the San Diego Union Tribune.
But while we are getting lots of rain and snow, the storms have also brought historic flooding, stranded motorists and even a couple of fatalities.
So while it’s a blessing that the heavens have opened and the drought may be over by later this year, we also have to respect the wrath of Mother Nature at times and to be prepared to take precautions when storms do what they do.
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