Drought

[Mortblanc]

Looking at the news reports this seems to be your second year into this event, but I can not find any official numbers for total rainfall during that period, just vague percentages and unusually low reservoirs even at the beginning of the event.

It appears that most areas supplied by pubic works started the "drought" with a shortfall and are now two years into less rainfall than the norm, although not by much.

You folks are so accustomed to excessive moisture that rain ever third or fourth day seems a shortage.

Over here hose pipe bans are very common and usually are the first step in conservation for the utilities and not a sign of "system collapse" or imminent death. No watering gardens or washing vehicles and the car wash facilities are closed. Usually people are encouraged to change from baths to showers also.

An area that normally gets 33" of rainfall annually should not be in a "drought" at 20"-24" inches for a couple of years unless the system was on the brink of stress failure before the event began.