California is free of all drought for the first time in 25 years. The dryness has gone, and now we can brag about California being wet and soggy.
What Californians can’t brag about is that in the past 15 years they have lived through two of the worst droughts on record, and the worst wildfires, and the most destructive wildfires in history, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
For the rest of the year there are no worries about wildfire risks, because the wildfire risk “is about as close to zero as it ever gets,” says UC Climate Scientists Daniel Swain, and currently 14 of the state’s 17 major water supply reservoirs are at 70% or more capacity, according to the California Department of Water Resources.
California will move forward expecting increasingly more weather swings such as more intense droughts and more intense episodes of rain.
As it stands, California will be clear of not having a water supply shortage for months, and not being in the paths of any wildfires, according to Swan.
In closing, as the old saying goes: “It never rains in California.” Hah, hah, hah!
Lois Eisenberg
Valencia
