Switching to the actual topic of weather: I remember, back a few years, Georgia was going through a drought. Lake Lanier (the source of water for most of Atlanta, and a significant hydroelectric power generator) was getting quite low.
So, I'm watching a weather report, and the weatherman says, "We will be getting quite a b it of much-needed rain over the next week.... up to 30 inches in total!...but that still won't help the drought or the Lake Lanier situation."
My jaw dropped. If water doesn't solve a drought, I thought, we are SO SCREWED.
Yup. Lake Mead is about down to the inlets for power generation and drinking water for little places like Las Vegas and just about all of southern California.
And there is NO rain in the forecast.