bikinkawboy wrote:
After all that complaining about the years long drought, I bet the reservoirs are filling up, which should relieve the water restrictions.
The heavy rains shouldn’t come as any surprise, nearly every drought is broken by deluges. In 2004 in north central Missouri we had a super dry summer. Cracks in the ground wide enough to put my wrist in. The drought was broken on Labor Day when I had at least 13.25” in less than 24 hours. I say at least because my 6” rain gauge ran over.
Actually, with the rather severe droughts we've been having, it will take more than a few deluges to recover from the drought. First, the water needs to get back in and refill the ground water depleted. With the ground hardened over the years, it gets harder for it to seep back in, and takes a little longer. I hope I am mistaken, but it will still be awhile before we are out of the woods. But Earth has been doing that for millions and a few billion years, so we should be okay in a while.